underserve

To supply something with insufficient services or resources.

Verb

  1. To supply something with insufficient services or resources.

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English serve English underserve From under- + serve.

Forms

underserves underserving underserved