Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having fewer participants or subscribers than desirable.
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- adjective Having too few
subscribers orsubscriptions
Etymologies
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Examples
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Check the Colorado Regs online and look for the "undersubscribed" Units/hunts marked with an asterisk*.
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One issue with these programs is simply that they're undersubscribed.
Anya Kamenetz: Abolishing Student Loan Debt And Other #OccupyWallSt Demands
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Although most students may deem the undersubscribed subjects impractical, the bastion of liberal arts education has in recent years begun promoting learning for learning's sake as a worthy and enriching pursuit.
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Although most students may deem the undersubscribed subjects impractical, the bastion of liberal arts education has in recent years begun promoting learning for learning's sake as a worthy and enriching pursuit.
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Families are being allocated to the most undersubscribed school in a different part of town.
Mid-year admissions: When there's no place at a school near home
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One issue with these programs is simply that they're undersubscribed.
Anya Kamenetz: Abolishing Student Loan Debt And Other #OccupyWallSt Demands
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The low offer size, announced Monday when non-core markets were still under heavy pressure, was seen by the market as a precautionary measure to avoid an undersubscribed auction.
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One issue with these programs is simply that they're undersubscribed.
Anya Kamenetz: Abolishing Student Loan Debt And Other #OccupyWallSt Demands
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One issue with these programs is simply that they're undersubscribed.
Anya Kamenetz: Abolishing Student Loan Debt And Other #OccupyWallSt Demands
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An outright federal government default -- likely because an undersubscribed auction prevents redemption of maturing debt obligations - could gridlock the financial markets, spike interest rates across the board, and send households and small businesses to the brink of disaster.
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