underreplacement
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From under- + replacement.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]underreplacement (plural not attested)
- [c. 1930s] The replacement of a substance by a smaller amount.
- 1939, United States Department of Commerce, The Annual Report of the Secretary of Commerce, Volumes 24-29 (Volume 27), page viii:
- In the railroad equipment industry, activity failed to recover fully as the slow process of underreplacement had not yet brought plant and equipment facilities to a level consonant with the reduced volume of railroad traffic.