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underbuilt

underbuilt is the simple past and past participle of underbuild.

Meaning of underbuild

Verb

underbuild (third-person singular simple present underbuilds, present participle underbuilding, simple past and past participle underbuilt)

  1. (transitive) To build beneath another structure; provide a foundation or support for; undergird.
    • The two eastern arches have been underbuilt for the sake of strengthening them.1900, Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Yorkshire archaeological journal: Volume 15
  2. (transitive) To perform insufficient construction on a building or in an area; build below a specified requirement or standard.
    • Appellee was obliged to overbuild, rather than underbuild, the appellant's telephone line for the distance of these six spans for the following reason [...]1903, West Publishing Company, The Northeastern reporter: Volume 65

Questions about underbuilt

What is underbuilt the simple past and past participle of?
Underbuilt is the simple past and past participle of underbuild.

Words near underbuilt in the dictionary

  1. underbuilder
  2. underbuilders
  3. underbuilding
  4. underbuildings
  5. underbuilds
  6. underbuilt
  7. underbum
  8. underbums
  9. underburden
  10. underburdened
  11. underburdening

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