undercovered

English

Etymology

under- + covered

Adjective

undercovered (comparative more undercovered, superlative most undercovered)

  1. Insufficiently covered (against risk)
    • 2007 July 7, Paul B. Brown Who Is 5-Foot-10, “Look for the Overlooked Stocks”, in New York Times:
      If you are looking for a way to invest in undercovered stocks, Ms. Twitchell noted that an exchange traded fund opened last September, the Claymore/Sabrient Stealth E.T.F., “which provides exposure to an index of 150 stocks covered by two or fewer analysts.”
  2. Having too little coverage.
    • 2006, George Padgett, New Directions in Diversity, →ISBN:
      To go outside the unusual, to report the uncovered or undercovered, reporters have to find new listening posts.

Verb

undercovered

  1. simple past and past participle of undercover
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