Definition of undercapitalize - Reverso English Dictionary

Verb

tr.

business

TECH.

supply a business with insufficient capital

TECH.

The startup failed because they undercapitalized it.

writing

Rare

fail to use capital letters where needed

Rare

The editor noticed the author had undercapitalized several proper nouns.

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Origin of undercapitalize

Latin, under- (below) + capitalis (head) + -ize (make)

Examples of undercapitalize in a sentence

The company struggled after being undercapitalized from the start.
Students often undercapitalize months and days.
She tends to undercapitalize titles in her essays.

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French:sous-capitaliser, omettre de mettre en majuscule, ...
German:unterkapitalisieren, keine Großbuchstaben verwenden, ...
Italian:sottocapitalizzare, non usare maiuscole correttamente, ...
Spanish:subcapitalizar, escribir en minúscula, ...
Portuguese:subcapitalizar, não usar letras maiúsculas, ...
Chinese:为......投入的资本不足, 未使用大写字母, ...
Japanese:資本不足にする, 大文字を使い間違える, ...
Arabic:قَلَّلَ رَأس مال, أَهْمَلَ اسْتِخْدَامَ الحُرُوفِ الكَبِيرَةِ, ...
Hebrew:לְסַפֵּק הוֹן לֹא מַסְפִּיק, לֹא לְהִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ בְּאוֹתִיּוֹת רִישִׁיוֹת, ...
Russian:недофинансировать, не использовать заглавные буквы, ...
Ukrainian:недокапіталізувати, не використовувати великі літери, ...
Hindi:अपर्याप्त पूंजी प्रदान करना, बड़े अक्षरों का उपयोग न करना, ...
Bengali:যথেষ্ট মূলধন সরবরাহ না করা, ছোট হাতের অক্ষর ব্যবহার করা, ...
Catalan:capitalitzar insuficientment, no usar majúscules, ...
Czech:podkapitalizovat, psát s malým písmenem tam, kde má být velké, ...
Danish:underkapitalisere, ikke bruge store bogstaver, ...
Dutch:onderkapitaliseren, geen hoofdletters gebruiken, ...
Greek:υποκεφαλαιοποιώ, μη χρήση κεφαλαίων γραμμάτων, ...
Hungarian:alultőkésíteni, elmulasztani a szükséges nagybetűk használatát, ...
Khmer:ផ្គត់ផ្គង់ដើមទុនមិនគ្រប់គ្រាន់ឱ្យអាជីវកម្ម, មិនសរសេរអក្សរធំនៅកន្លែងដែលត្រូវប្រើ, ...
Korean:자본을 충분히 공급하지 않다, 대문자를 사용하지 않다, ...
Persian:سرمایه کافی تأمین نکرد, عدم استفاده از حروف بزرگ, ...
Polish:niedokapitalizować, nie używać wielkich liter, ...
Portuguese (BR):subcapitalizar, não usar maiúsculas, ...
Romanian:a subcapitaliza, a nu folosi majuscule, ...
Swedish:underkapitalisera, inte använda versaler, ...
Thai:ให้ทุนไม่เพียงพอ, ไม่ใช้ตัวพิมพ์ใหญ่, ...
Turkish:yetersiz sermaye sağlamak, büyük harf kullanmamak, ...
Vietnamese:cung cấp không đủ vốn, không viết hoa, ...

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