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underaverage

underaverage adjective: below average.

Adjective

underaverage (comparative more underaverage, superlative most underaverage)

  1. Below average.
    • In 1893 there was an underaverage crop and an underaverage rainfall, and therefore less than average utilization of nitrates and probably later and less complete nitrification […]1902, Bernard Dyer, Results of Investigations on the Rothamsted Soils, page 75

Forms of underaverage

comparativemore underaverage
superlativemost underaverage

Origin of underaverage

From under- + average.

Questions about underaverage

What does underaverage mean?
Underaverage means below average.
What part of speech is underaverage?
Underaverage is an adjective.

Words near underaverage in the dictionary

  1. underattributed
  2. underattributes
  3. underattributing
  4. underattribution
  5. underattributions
  6. underaverage
  7. underawe
  8. underawed
  9. underawes
  10. underawing
  11. underback

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