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underactuated

underactuated adjective: insufficiently actuated. Also the simple past and past participle of underactuate.

Adjective

underactuated (comparative more underactuated, superlative most underactuated)

  1. Insufficiently actuated.

Also used as

underactuated is also the simple past and past participle of underactuate.

Forms of underactuated

comparativemore underactuated
superlativemost underactuated

Origin of underactuated

From under- + actuated.

From underactuate + -ed.

Questions about underactuated

What does underactuated mean?
Underactuated means insufficiently actuated.
What part of speech is underactuated?
Underactuated is an adjective.

Words near underactuated in the dictionary

  1. underactivity
  2. underactor
  3. underactors
  4. underacts
  5. underactuate
  6. underactuated
  7. underactuates
  8. underactuating
  9. underactuation
  10. underacylated
  11. underacylation

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