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undercompensating

undercompensating adjective: insufficiently compensating.

Adjective

undercompensating (not comparable)

  1. Insufficiently compensating

Origin of undercompensating

From under- + compensating.

Questions about undercompensating

What does undercompensating mean?
Undercompensating means insufficiently compensating.
What part of speech is undercompensating?
Undercompensating is an adjective.

Words near undercompensating in the dictionary

  1. undercommunicating
  2. undercommunication
  3. undercompensate
  4. undercompensated
  5. undercompensates
  6. undercompensating
  7. undercompensation
  8. undercompensatory
  9. undercompetence
  10. undercomplete
  11. undercompliance

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