underplan en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From under- + plan.
Meanings
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To plan insufficiently.
A manager who underplans and then overachieves his plan has outrun it and is left with no plan at all.
1983, Mack Hanan, Leading edge growth strategies: new approaches for accelerated business growth and premium profits in the next twenty years:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| underplanning | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| underplanned | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| underplanned | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| underplans | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |