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underamplified

underamplified is the past participle of underamplify.

Meaning of underamplify

Verb

underamplify (third-person singular simple present underamplifies, present participle underamplifying, simple past and past participle underamplified)

  1. To provide insufficient amplification.
    • In general, there is a tendency to underamplify the extreme ends of the musical scale and to overamplify certain particular frequencies below the middle, such as originate from acoustic resonance.1933, Keith Henney, The Radio Engineering Handbook, page 286

Questions about underamplified

What is underamplified the past participle of?
Underamplified is the past participle of underamplify.

Words near underamplified in the dictionary

  1. underallotments
  2. underambition
  3. underambitious
  4. underamplification
  5. underamplifications
  6. underamplified
  7. underamplifies
  8. underamplify
  9. underamplifying
  10. underanalyse
  11. underanalysed

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