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undercharacterize

undercharacterize verb: to characterize insufficiently.

Verb

undercharacterize (third-person singular simple present undercharacterizes, present participle undercharacterizing, simple past and past participle undercharacterized)

  1. To characterize insufficiently

Forms of undercharacterize

third-person singular presentundercharacterizes
present participleundercharacterizing
past participleundercharacterized
pastundercharacterized

Origin of undercharacterize

From under- + characterize.

Questions about undercharacterize

What does undercharacterize mean?
Undercharacterize means to characterize insufficiently.
What part of speech is undercharacterize?
Undercharacterize is a verb.
What is the past tense of undercharacterize?
The past tense of undercharacterize is undercharacterized.

Words near undercharacterize in the dictionary

  1. underchancellors
  2. undercharacterise
  3. undercharacterised
  4. undercharacterises
  5. undercharacterising
  6. undercharacterize
  7. undercharacterized
  8. undercharacterizes
  9. undercharacterizing
  10. undercharge
  11. undercharged

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