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hypocorrecting

hypocorrecting is the present participle and gerund of hypocorrect.

Meaning of hypocorrect

Verb

hypocorrect (third-person singular simple present hypocorrects, present participle hypocorrecting, simple past and past participle hypocorrected)

  1. To undercorrect.
    • The surgeon can hypocorrect on the operating table, knowing that in the postoperative period an additional correction will result because of:...1989, Yves-Gerard Illouz, Yves T. De Villers, Emma Dankoski, Body sculpturing by lipoplasty, →ISBN, page 417

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Questions about hypocorrecting

What is hypocorrecting the present participle and gerund of?
Hypocorrecting is the present participle and gerund of hypocorrect.

Words near hypocorrecting in the dictionary

  1. hypocoristical
  2. hypocoristically
  3. hypocoristics
  4. hypocorrect
  5. hypocorrected
  6. hypocorrecting
  7. hypocorrects
  8. hypocorticism
  9. hypocorticisms
  10. hypocortisolaemia
  11. hypocortisolaemic

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