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undercharacterized

undercharacterized adjective: insufficiently characterized. Also the simple past and past participle of undercharacterize.

Adjective

undercharacterized (not comparable)

  1. Insufficiently characterized.

Also used as

undercharacterized is also the simple past and past participle of undercharacterize.

Origin of undercharacterized

From under- + characterized.

From undercharacterize + -ed.

Questions about undercharacterized

What does undercharacterized mean?
Undercharacterized means insufficiently characterized.
What part of speech is undercharacterized?
Undercharacterized is an adjective.

Words near undercharacterized in the dictionary

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

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