underconsumption

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *h₁em-der. Proto-Italic *emō Latin emō Latin sūmō Latin cōnsūmō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin cōnsūmptiōder. Old French consumpcionbor. Middle English consumpcioun English consumption English underconsumption From under- + consumption.

  1. derived from consumpcionbor

Definitions

  1. Insufficient consumption (for financial stability).

  2. An anticonsumerist lifestyle trend based around reuse and not purchasing unnecessary…

    An anticonsumerist lifestyle trend based around reuse and not purchasing unnecessary goods.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for underconsumption. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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