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undercompensatory

undercompensatory adjective: insufficient to compensate.

Adjective

undercompensatory (not comparable)

  1. Insufficient to compensate

Origin of undercompensatory

From under- + compensatory.

Questions about undercompensatory

What does undercompensatory mean?
Undercompensatory means insufficient to compensate.
What part of speech is undercompensatory?
Undercompensatory is an adjective.

Words near undercompensatory in the dictionary

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

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