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10 Language-to-English Dictionariessuborçamentado
Pronunciation / Transliteration: subɔɾsɐ̃tɐdu
"O departamento ficou suborçamentado no último trimestre."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Having been allocated an insufficient amount of money to adequately cover expenses or carry out a project.
"The community health initiative failed because it was severely underbudgeted from the start."
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Past tense and past participle of 'underbudget', meaning to allocate insufficient funds for a project, department, or operation.
"The city council underbudgeted the infrastructure maintenance for three consecutive years."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Formed in English by combining the prefix 'under-' (meaning 'insufficiently') with the past participle of 'budget', which derives from the French 'bougette' (a small leather bag or pouch used for documents and financial plans). The term emerged in modern economic and administrative contexts during the mid-20th century to describe financial allocations falling short of actual requirements.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Underbudgeted" is said worldwide
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sous-budgétisé
Transliteration: su-byɛʒetize
"Ce projet est gravement sous-budgétisé pour atteindre ses objectifs."
unterbudgetiert
Transliteration: ʊntɐˈbʊdʒɛtiːɐt
"Die Abteilung war für dieses Jahr stark unterbudgetiert."
sottobudgetizzato
Transliteration: sottobudgetizzato
"Il piano di sviluppo è risultato fortemente sottobudgetizzato."
subpresupuestado
Transliteration: sußpresupuestado
"El programa social estaba claramente subpresupuestado."
suborçamentado
Transliteration: subɔɾsɐ̃tɐdu
"O departamento ficou suborçamentado no último trimestre."
कम बजट वाला
Transliteration: kam bajaṭ wala
"यह परियोजना शुरू से ही कम बजट वाली थी।"
预算不足的
Transliteration: yùsuàn bùzú de
"这个教育项目由于预算不足而进展缓慢。"
예산이 부족한
Transliteration: yesani bujokhan
"그 공익 사업은 심각하게 예산이 부족한 상태였다."
予算不足の
Transliteration: yosan busoku no
"そのイベントは大幅に予算不足のままで実行された。"
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