Get to know Underspend better with 5 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like spend or overspend.
Underspend meaning
To spend too little of the funds appropriated or allocated.
Using Underspend
- The main meaning on this page is: To spend too little of the funds appropriated or allocated.
- Useful related words include: spend, overspend, expend, drop.
Context around Underspend
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Underspend
- In this selection, "underspend" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, projected and budgetary stand out and add context to how "underspend" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 5 million underspend and a budgetary underspend. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "underspend" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with underspend
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Peter Blake, transport director at the GCP, said: “The delay relates to projected underspend for this year. (17 words)
However, Mr Sharp explained the IJB also recorded an underspend of just more than half a million pounds. (18 words)
By the end of this financial year, the general fund is forecast to have spent just under £119 million – a £38.5 million underspend. (24 words)
Addressing claims about rising maintenance costs, WV Living said the annual service charge was based on the square-footage of properties, and any underspend was credited back to the homeowners. (30 words)
Some may have been deterred by the fact that the cash would be a one-off payment - not to be repeated annually - because it was coming from a budgetary underspend. (30 words)
By the end of this financial year, the general fund is forecast to have spent just under £119 million – a £38.5 million underspend. (24 words)
Example sentences (5)
By the end of this financial year, the general fund is forecast to have spent just under £119 million – a £38.5 million underspend.
Addressing claims about rising maintenance costs, WV Living said the annual service charge was based on the square-footage of properties, and any underspend was credited back to the homeowners.
Peter Blake, transport director at the GCP, said: “The delay relates to projected underspend for this year.
Some may have been deterred by the fact that the cash would be a one-off payment - not to be repeated annually - because it was coming from a budgetary underspend.
However, Mr Sharp explained the IJB also recorded an underspend of just more than half a million pounds.