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underarticulated

underarticulated adjective: inadequately articulated.

Adjective

underarticulated (comparative more underarticulated, superlative most underarticulated)

  1. Inadequately articulated.
    • Although Wodicka turns up a provocative thought here and there, this musing, typical of Burt’s grief-laden vaporousness, serves also to illustrate the artless, wordy and underarticulated writing that makes “All Shall Be Well” such a Black Death of a chore to read.2008 January 27, Ken Kalfus, “Middle-Age Man”, in New York Times

Forms of underarticulated

comparativemore underarticulated
superlativemost underarticulated

Origin of underarticulated

From under- + articulated.

Questions about underarticulated

What does underarticulated mean?
Underarticulated means inadequately articulated.
What part of speech is underarticulated?
Underarticulated is an adjective.

Words near underarticulated in the dictionary

  1. underarming
  2. underarms
  3. underarousal
  4. underarrest
  5. underarticulate
  6. underarticulated
  7. underarticulates
  8. underarticulating
  9. underarticulation
  10. underascertainment
  11. underassertive

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