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UNDERPRODUCTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does underproduction mean?
• UNDERPRODUCTION (noun)
The noun UNDERPRODUCTION has 1 sense:
1. inadequate production or less than expected
Familiarity information: UNDERPRODUCTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inadequate production or less than expected
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("underproduction" is a kind of...):
production ((economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale)
Derivation:
underproduce (produce below capacity or demand)
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