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underbook

underbook verb: to fail to book enough of something; not to sell as much of something as is required.

Verb

underbook (third-person singular simple present underbooks, present participle underbooking, simple past and past participle underbooked)

  1. (ambitransitive) To fail to book enough of something; not to sell as much of something as is required.
    • The concert hall was underbooked for most of the year and failed to make a profit.

Antonyms of underbook

Forms of underbook

third-person singular presentunderbooks
present participleunderbooking
past participleunderbooked
pastunderbooked

Origin of underbook

From under- + book.

Questions about underbook

What does underbook mean?
Underbook means to fail to book enough of something; not to sell as much of something as is required.
What part of speech is underbook?
Underbook is a verb.
What is the past tense of underbook?
The past tense of underbook is underbooked.

Words near underbook in the dictionary

  1. underboils
  2. underbone
  3. underbones
  4. underboob
  5. underboobs
  6. underbook
  7. underbooked
  8. underbooking
  9. underbooks
  10. Underbool
  11. underboost

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