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underdocumented

underdocumented adjective: having inadequate documentation. Also the simple past and past participle of underdocument.

Adjective

underdocumented (comparative more underdocumented, superlative most underdocumented)

  1. Having inadequate documentation.
    • Copeland, like most slaves, is woefully underdocumented; we know that she somehow became literate, migrated to New York in the 1880s and found a job in domestic service.2009 March 8, Baz Dreisinger, “A Transracial Man”, in New York Times

Also used as

underdocumented is also the simple past and past participle of underdocument.

Forms of underdocumented

comparativemore underdocumented
superlativemost underdocumented

Origin of underdocumented

From under- + documented.

Questions about underdocumented

What does underdocumented mean?
Underdocumented means having inadequate documentation.
What part of speech is underdocumented?
Underdocumented is an adjective.

Words near underdocumented in the dictionary

  1. underdiversifies
  2. underdiversify
  3. underdiversifying
  4. underdo
  5. underdocument
  6. underdocumented
  7. underdocumenting
  8. underdocuments
  9. underdoer
  10. underdoers
  11. underdoes

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