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Undercapitalizing a subsidiary, means creating it and putting it in business without a reasonably sufficient supply of money. Missouri courts will disregard the existence of a corporate entity that is operated while undercapitalized 891 F.2d at 674. Accord, Grote Meat Co. v. Goldenberg, 735 S.W.2d 379 (Mo. App. 1987); Collet, supra, 728 S.W.2d at 286-87. Undercapitalisation, in and of itself, is not unlawful (though it may be for some purposes), but rather because the creation of an undercapitalized subsidiary justifies an inference that the parent is either deliberately or recklessly creating a business that will not be able to pay its bills or ...