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hypostress

hypostress noun: insufficient stress.

Noun

hypostress (uncountable)

  1. Insufficient stress.
    Antonyms:
    hyperstress

Antonyms of hypostress

Origin of hypostress

From hypo- + stress.

Questions about hypostress

What does hypostress mean?
Hypostress means insufficient stress.
What part of speech is hypostress?
Hypostress is a noun.

Words near hypostress in the dictionary

  1. hypostomes
  2. hypostomial
  3. hypostomium
  4. hypostratotype
  5. hypostratotypes
  6. hypostress
  7. hypostria
  8. hypostriid
  9. hypostriids
  10. hypostrophe
  11. hypostrophes

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