underendowed

underendowed
/un'deuhr en dowd"/, adj.
1. (of a school, hospital, or other institution) lacking sufficient income from an endowment.
2. lacking certain desirable traits, faculties, or the like: Nobody ever accused him of being underendowed with ambition.
[UNDER- + ENDOW + -ED2]

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