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submaintenance

submaintenance adjective: not enough to maintain an animal's condition.

Adjective

submaintenance (not comparable)

  1. Not enough to maintain an animal's condition.
    • a submaintenance diet

Origin of submaintenance

sub- + maintenance

Questions about submaintenance

What does submaintenance mean?
Submaintenance means not enough to maintain an animal's condition.
What part of speech is submaintenance?
Submaintenance is an adjective.

Words near submaintenance in the dictionary

  1. submagic
  2. submaid
  3. submaids
  4. submain
  5. submains
  6. submaintenance
  7. submajor
  8. submajorities
  9. submajority
  10. submajorization
  11. submajorizations

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