underallocation

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English

Etymology

From under- +‎ allocation.

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Noun

underallocation (countable and uncountable, plural underallocations)

  1. A less than normal, or insufficient, allocation.
    • 2015 November 25, “Differences in Patterns of Reproductive Allocation between the Sexes in Nicrophorus orbicollis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
      Combining data from males from this experiment (plus females in the underallocation treatment) and females from the Creighton et al.