under-resourced
adjective/ˌʌndə rɪˈsɔːst/, /ˌʌndə rɪˈzɔːst/
/ˌʌndər ˈriːsɔːrst/, /ˌʌndər rɪˈsɔːrst/
- not provided with as much money or as many staff, materials, etc. as are needed
- Nurses are overstretched and the hospital is seriously under-resourced.
Want to learn more?
Find out which words work together and produce more natural sounding English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app.
Check pronunciation:
under-resourced