Definition of undersubscribed in English:
undersubscribed
adjectiveʌndəsəbˈskrʌɪbdˌəndərsəbˈskraɪbd
1(of a course or event) having more places available than applications.
science courses continue to be undersubscribed in our universities
the seminar was embarrassingly undersubscribed
Example sentencesExamples
- There are other schools within a 10-mile bus ride that are undersubscribed.
- Schools that are undersubscribed year after year should be closed down or reconstituted.
- In over 70 sessions on business there are no more than half a dozen in and around this territory - and they tend to be undersubscribed.
- 1.1 (of a share issue) having fewer applications for shares than there are shares available.
flotation of the company's shares has been largely undersubscribed
Example sentencesExamples
- Thirdly, if a bank agrees to underwrite an issue of securities, it commits itself to take them up in the event that the issue is undersubscribed.
Definition of undersubscribed in US English:
undersubscribed
adjectiveˌəndərsəbˈskrībdˌəndərsəbˈskraɪbd
(of a course or event) having more places available than applications.
Example sentencesExamples
- There are other schools within a 10-mile bus ride that are undersubscribed.
- In over 70 sessions on business there are no more than half a dozen in and around this territory - and they tend to be undersubscribed.
- Schools that are undersubscribed year after year should be closed down or reconstituted.