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underdiscuss

underdiscuss verb: to not discuss enough.

Verb

underdiscuss (third-person singular simple present underdiscusses, present participle underdiscussing, simple past and past participle underdiscussed)

  1. (rare) To not discuss enough.
    • The tendency to portray independent voters as being a desirable constituency may have underdiscussed constitutive effects, especially for citizens who receive most of their political socialization from the media than from partisan families, […]2005, Sharon E. Jarvis, The Talk of the Party: Political Labels, Symbolic Capital, and American Life

Forms of underdiscuss

third-person singular presentunderdiscusses
present participleunderdiscussing
past participleunderdiscussed
pastunderdiscussed

Origin of underdiscuss

From under- + discuss.

Questions about underdiscuss

What does underdiscuss mean?
Underdiscuss means to not discuss enough.
What part of speech is underdiscuss?
Underdiscuss is a verb.
What is the past tense of underdiscuss?
The past tense of underdiscuss is underdiscussed.

Words near underdiscuss in the dictionary

  1. underdirected
  2. underdirecting
  3. underdirects
  4. underdisciplined
  5. underdiscrimination
  6. underdiscuss
  7. underdiscussed
  8. underdiscusses
  9. underdiscussing
  10. underdispersed
  11. underdispersion

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