underdistribute en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From under- + distribute.
Meanings
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To distribute too little, or not widely enough.
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.
2008, Jerry J. McCoy, Kathryn W. Miree, Family Foundation Handbook 2009, pages 7–56:Among the underdistributed films four deserve mention here: Otar Ioseliani's Pastorale […], which had been released only in Moscow in a single print; […]
2009, Nancy Condee, The Imperial Trace: Recent Russian Cinema, page 258:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| underdistributed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| underdistributed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| underdistributes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| underdistributing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |