undercapitalized
adjective
un·der·cap·i·tal·ized
ˌən-dər-ˈka-pə-tə-ˌlīzd 
-ˈkap-tə-
: having too little capital for efficient operation
an undercapitalized business
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For example, the program does not pay for hospitals to set up their graduate residency programs, something large hospital systems are better equipped to do than undercapitalized rural hospitals that have a greater need for new doctors.
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Dylan Scott, Vox, 19 July 2024
Also, what will happen considering Argentina is very undercapitalized and has little capital?
—Vera Bergengruen/buenos Aires, TIME, 23 May 2024
But Remnant’s business practices are similar to those of any number of undercapitalized drillers holding portfolios of old wells.
—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 22 Feb. 2024
Regulators here in the Permian Basin , the world’s most productive oil field, must contend with Remnant and other undercapitalized companies like it that could add even more wells to the list of orphans.
—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 22 Feb. 2024
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Dylan Scott, Vox, 19 July 2024
Also, what will happen considering Argentina is very undercapitalized and has little capital?
—Vera Bergengruen/buenos Aires, TIME, 23 May 2024
But Remnant’s business practices are similar to those of any number of undercapitalized drillers holding portfolios of old wells.
—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 22 Feb. 2024
Regulators here in the Permian Basin , the world’s most productive oil field, must contend with Remnant and other undercapitalized companies like it that could add even more wells to the list of orphans.
—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 22 Feb. 2024
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undercapitalized
adjective
un·der·cap·i·tal·ized
ˌən-dər-ˈka-pət-ᵊl-ˌīzd
: having too little capital for efficient operation
undercapitalized companies
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