underfills
Leaves partially empty
Underfills means to fill something less than completely or below the required level.
A bartender underfills a glass to increase profit margins.
A manufacturer underfills packages to cut costs.
The machine consistently underfills the bottles by about 10%.
In electronics, underfill is a material injected beneath components to strengthen connections—here the verb means to apply that material.
Insufficiency of something needed
- dearthAcute shortage of something
- deficitAmount still owed
- shortfallFailure to reach quota
- undersupplyInadequate provision of goods
gap · insufficiency · inadequacy · paucity · want · depletion · sparseness · scantiness
Favoring one side
- unfinishedNot yet complete
- fragmentaryConsisting of incomplete parts
- undevelopedNot fully formed
- unfulfilledNot brought to completion
unrealized · half-filled · underloaded · undercharged · below capacity
scarcity
Insufficiency of something needed
undersupply · gap · insufficiency · inadequacy · paucity · want · depletion · sparseness · scantiness · meagerness
partial
Favoring one side
- unfinishedNot yet complete
- fragmentaryConsisting of incomplete parts
- undevelopedNot fully formed
unfulfilled · unrealized · half-filled · underloaded · undercharged · below capacity