underrun

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

Similar words

exhaustion depletion depleting underorder under undershipment underdelivery runover undergetting underloading

Often followed by

the protection of is and with error errors by

Word family

underran underrunning underruns