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underchallenge

underchallenge verb: to challenge to an insufficient degree.

Verb

underchallenge (third-person singular simple present underchallenges, present participle underchallenging, simple past and past participle underchallenged)

  1. (transitive) To challenge to an insufficient degree.
    • If you underchallenge yourself, the goal won't serve its purpose of providing meaning and orienting you to the future.2010, Jan Fawcett, M.D., Bernard Golden, Ph.D., Nancy Rosenfeld, New Hope For People With Bipolar Disorder Revised 2nd Edition: Your Friendly ...

Noun

underchallenge (plural underchallenges)

  1. A challenge that is not sufficiently difficult.
    • An underchallenge also reflects an imbalance.2003, Paula Kramer, Jim Hinojosa, Charlotte Brasic Royeen, Perspectives in Human Occupation: Participation in Life

Forms of underchallenge

Verb
third-person singular presentunderchallenges
present participleunderchallenging
past participleunderchallenged
pastunderchallenged
Noun
pluralunderchallenges

Origin of underchallenge

* under- + challenge

Questions about underchallenge

What does underchallenge mean?
Underchallenge means to challenge to an insufficient degree.
What part of speech is underchallenge?
Underchallenge can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of underchallenge?
The past tense of underchallenge is underchallenged.

Words near underchallenge in the dictionary

  1. undercauses
  2. undercautious
  3. undercelebrated
  4. undercellar
  5. undercellars
  6. underchallenge
  7. underchallenged
  8. underchallenges
  9. underchallenging
  10. underchamber
  11. underchamberlain

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