underfunding
noun [ U ] uk/ˌʌn.dəˈfʌn.dɪŋ/ us/ˌʌn.dɚˈfʌn.dɪŋ/
资金不足
the situation when an organization, etc. is given less money than it needs
A major cause of our zero star rating is years of chronic underfunding. 我们之所以得到零星级差评，是因为多年来一直经费不足。
We have to address the government's persistent underfunding of state education. 政府一直未能给公立教育提供足够的资金，对此我们必须加以关注。
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- The district has faced decades of underfunding, and many of its students come from families who live in poverty.
- This has led to a systemic underfunding of the nutritional needs of these people for nearly 4 decades.
- They want action to deal with historic underfunding of the border region and they want it now.
- The city's pension deficit is attributable to underfunding dating back many years.
- He cited intentional underfunding of the employee pension fund.