underdistribute

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English

Etymology

From under- +‎ distribute.

Pronunciation

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Verb

underdistribute (third-person singular simple present underdistributes, present participle underdistributing, simple past and past participle underdistributed)

  1. To distribute too little, or not widely enough.
    • 2008, Jerry J. McCoy, Kathryn W. Miree, Family Foundation Handbook 2009, pages 7–56:
      A foundation working to the dollar may find it has underdistributed or overdistributed upon final calculation. There is much work required for but no benefit obtained from a perfectly calculated distribution figure.
    • 2009, Nancy Condee, The Imperial Trace: Recent Russian Cinema, page 258:
      Among the underdistributed films four deserve mention here: Otar Ioseliani's Pastorale [] , which had been released only in Moscow in a single print; []