underbudgeted
Allocated insufficient funds
Underbudgeted describes something allocated insufficient funds to accomplish its goals.
An underbudgeted film struggles with cheap effects; an underbudgeted department can't hire enough staff.
The project was chronically underbudgeted and fell behind schedule.
The word implies not just limited resources but inadequate ones—someone miscalculated or cut corners.
Insufficiently financially supported
- shortfallFailure to reach quota
- deficitAmount still owed
- insufficientBelow required quantity
- inadequateNot sufficient for purpose
underfinanced · underprovided · undersupplied · lacking · scarcity · dearth · paucity · meager
Reductions in spending
- belt-tighteningReducing expenditures deliberately
- economizingReducing expenditures deliberately
- frugalityEconomical resource management
- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
skimping · stinting · trimming · slashing · retrenchment · pruning · savings · penny-pinching
Surpasses set limits
- delaysPauses before proceeding
- compromisedMade vulnerable to harm
- understaffedInsufficient employees for workload
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
backlogs · overworked · makeshift · stopgap · band-aid · patchwork · workarounds
underfunded
Insufficiently financially supported
- shortfallFailure to reach quota
- deficitAmount still owed
- insufficientBelow required quantity
inadequate · underfinanced · underprovided · undersupplied · lacking · scarcity · dearth · paucity · meager · sparse
cutbacks
Reductions in spending
- belt-tighteningReducing expenditures deliberately
- economizingReducing expenditures deliberately
- frugalityEconomical resource management
rationing · skimping · stinting · trimming · slashing · retrenchment · pruning · savings · penny-pinching · cost-cutting
overruns
Surpasses set limits
- delaysPauses before proceeding
- compromisedMade vulnerable to harm
- understaffedInsufficient employees for workload
deterioration · backlogs · overworked · makeshift · stopgap · band-aid · patchwork · workarounds