Definition of "undercapitalised" [undercapitalised]

• Insufficiently capitalised (adjective)

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• "With respect to the naming of army general Salvador Pardo Cruz - the former head of the Military Industry Union - as Minister of the Steel Industry, he said it was a good decision, pointing out that the military managed to upgrade and modernise their equipment based on local initiative, resources and organisation, with a strategy that could be transferred to the steel industry, which he said is currently 'undercapitalised' due to a lack of coherence in the ministry's policies."
• "Social enterprises still struggle to attract mainstream investment so they are often undercapitalised and their restricted growth means that taking on skilled staff is a process undertaken carefully, and long-term unemployed young people with limited skills pose too great a risk."
• "Regrettably, politicians are using the misguided comparisons with Lehman Brothers as an excuse to ignore and perpetuate Europe's real problem: an unhealthy, undercapitalised banking system and a monetary union based on the premise that political leaders' commitment alone could make economic and democratic realities disappear."