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- verb   Present participle of underfund .
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								But now, government underfunding is forcing school districts to lay off the very people that help children learn to read. 
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								But now, government underfunding is forcing school districts to lay off the very people that help children learn to read. April 2010 2010 
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								Internal medicine departments in Israeli public hospitals have reached maximum capacity as a result of long term underfunding and a shortage of doctors, the Israel Medical Association has said. 
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								This is also often paired with the inevitable complaints of program "underfunding" - oddly enough never matched by complaints from any quarter that any program is experiencing "overfunding". Monday Roundup ALW 2007 
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								This is also often paired with the inevitable complaints of program "underfunding" - oddly enough never matched by complaints from any quarter that any program is experiencing "overfunding". Archive 2007-06-01 ALW 2007 
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								I think what you're probably looking at is our latest estimate of total plan underfunding, which is about $64 billion. Press Briefing By Mike Mccurry And Others ITY National Archives 1997 
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								"Long term underfunding of prostate cancer research, for example, has resulted in many unanswered questions about testing, treatments and care. PinkNews.co.uk 2009 
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								"The underfunding is a contributing factor to the high attrition rate in our university system," he said. IOL: News 2010 
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								His reform is the right thing to do, but it cannot address the pensions 'underfunding, which is the worst in the nation. 
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								Saunders is also one of the few Americans that understands that it's the "underfunding" of 401 (k) plans that is the train wreck that nobody's talking about. Jane White: What's the Best Fix for Your "Underfunded" and Poorly Managed 401(k) Account? Jane White 2010 
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