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underargue

underargue verb: to argue inadequately.

Verb

underargue (third-person singular simple present underargues, present participle underarguing, simple past and past participle underargued)

  1. (transitive) To argue inadequately.
    • Innovative ideas that are underargued — and we have seen that innovative ideas often will be underargued — have little chance of being accepted2004, David Shatz, Peer Review: A Critical Inquiry, page 101

Forms of underargue

third-person singular presentunderargues
present participleunderarguing
past participleunderargued
pastunderargued

Origin of underargue

From under- + argue.

Questions about underargue

What does underargue mean?
Underargue means to argue inadequately.
What part of speech is underargue?
Underargue is a verb.
What is the past tense of underargue?
The past tense of underargue is underargued.

Words near underargue in the dictionary

  1. underapproximations
  2. underarch
  3. underarched
  4. underarches
  5. underarching
  6. underargue
  7. underargued
  8. underargues
  9. underarguing
  10. underarm
  11. underarm crutch

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