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      underspend
      verb
      spend at less than the normal rate
      spend less than the whole of (a budget, for example)
      Roots
      underunder- · Old English · insufficientlyexpenderespend- · Latin · to weigh out, pay
      Words related to underspend
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      The word underspend breaks down into 2 roots of Old English and Latin origin: under-, from Old English under (“insufficiently”); and spend, from Latin expendere (“to weigh out, pay”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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