underdoses
underdoses is the plural of underdose.
underdoses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of underdose.
Meaning of underdose
Noun
underdose (plural underdoses)
- An inadequate dose (of a medication).
- “[…] I put laudanum in his coffee last night. I was afraid to put in too much for fear of killing him, so I suppose I didn’t put in enough, for he laid wide awake all night.”
“Ah, yes! that would be the effect of an under-dose of laudanum.”1871, E. D. E. N. Southworth, chapter 31, in Cruel as the Grave, Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson & Bros, page 333
- “[…] I put laudanum in his coffee last night. I was afraid to put in too much for fear of killing him, so I suppose I didn’t put in enough, for he laid wide awake all night.”
- An inadequate amount of something.
- “Seems as though sometimes I get an overdose of feeling, and an underdose of sense.”1955, Jim Kjelgaard, chapter 8, in The Lost Wagon, New York: Dodd, Mead & Co
Questions about underdoses
- What is underdoses the plural of?
- Underdoses is the plural of underdose.
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