Usually means: Production falls short of demand.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. underrun: Merriam-Webster
  2. underrun: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. underrun: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Underrun, underrun: Wordnik
  5. underrun: Wiktionary
  6. underrun: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. underrun: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. underrun: Dictionary.com
  9. Underrun: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. underrun: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Underrun: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. underrun: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. underrun: FreeDictionary.org
  14. underrun: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. underrun: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (underrun)

noun:  (accounting) A condition in which fewer products are delivered or produced than had been ordered.
noun:  (computing) A condition in which the read/write buffer is fed with data at a slower rate than required; a buffer underrun.
verb:  To run or pass under.
verb:  (nautical) To pass along and under, e.g. a cable, for the purpose of taking it in or examining it.
verb:  (nautical) To separate the parts of (a tackle) and put them in order.

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