UNDERPRODUCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does underproduce mean? 

• UNDERPRODUCE (verb)
  The verb UNDERPRODUCE has 1 sense:

1. produce below capacity or demand

  Familiarity information: UNDERPRODUCE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNDERPRODUCE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they underproduce    ... he / she / it underproduces   
Past simple: underproduced   
Past participle: underproduced   
-ing form: underproducing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Produce below capacity or demand

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Context example:

The East German factories were underproducing for many years

Hypernyms (to "underproduce" is one way to...):

create; make; produce (create or manufacture a man-made product)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

underproduction (inadequate production or less than expected)