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)
- 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
- 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.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: underbuilt (page history and authors); underbuild (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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