UNDERPRODUCE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they underproduce ... he / she / it underproduces

Past simple: underproduced

Past participle: underproduced

-ing form: underproducing

Meaning:

Produce below capacity or demand

Example:

The East German factories were underproducing for many years

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "underproduce" is one way to...):

create; make; produce (create or manufacture a man-made product)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

underproduction (inadequate production or less than expected)