misbudget

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ budget

Verb

misbudget (third-person singular simple present misbudgets, present participle misbudgeting, simple past and past participle misbudgeted)

1. To budget too much or too little.
   • 1981, Antioch Law Journal - Volumes 1-2, page 41:

     Because a student misallocates or misbudgets time on one occasion does not necessarily mean the student will do so on all occasions

   • 1985, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Bonneville Power Administration's Repayment of Its Obligations to The U.S. Treasury:

     In fiscal year 1984, BPA spent at least $60 million more on WPPS 2 to misbudget it.

   • 1988, South Africa. Parliament, Debates of Parliament: Hansard - Volume 8, Issues 4-6, page 2506:

     Originally R8,840 million was budgeted for and the revised estimate is R6.040 million. I would like an explanation. This is not mentioned in the explanatory memorandum at all. It would seem to be an extremely large amount to misbudget.