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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

is 'under-budget' a word?

Is this a word and is this sentence correct and usual?

I under-budgeted for time. I had totally forget to make time for lunch.

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) for time. I totally forgot to make time for lunch. I understand it, but it is not in the online dictionaries.

— Mister Micawber

  • ) for time.
  • I totally forgot to make time for lunch.
  • I understand it, but it is not in the online dictionaries.
  • and COCA reveals only 3 valid examples, all as stative passives ("the project was underbudgeted").
  • I would recast: Lunch time was underbudgeted...
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I under-budgeted (?) for time. I totally forgot to make time for lunch.

I understand it, but it is not in the online dictionaries. and COCA reveals only 3 valid examples, all as stative passives ("the project was underbudgeted"). I would recast: Lunch time was underbudgeted...
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