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undereffective

undereffective adjective: not effective enough.

Adjective

undereffective (comparative more undereffective, superlative most undereffective)

  1. Not effective enough.
    • The bullpen, overworked and undereffective in the first month, contributed three scoreless innings as five relief pitchers worked as if they were sprinters handing off a baton in a relay race.2007 May 10, Joe Lapointe, “Yanks Work Through Problems to Get Back to .500”, in New York Times

Forms of undereffective

comparativemore undereffective
superlativemost undereffective

Origin of undereffective

From under- + effective.

Questions about undereffective

What does undereffective mean?
Undereffective means not effective enough.
What part of speech is undereffective?
Undereffective is an adjective.

Words near undereffective in the dictionary

  1. undereducate
  2. undereducated
  3. undereducates
  4. undereducating
  5. undereducation
  6. undereffective
  7. underelicited
  8. underemotional
  9. underemphases
  10. underemphasis
  11. underemphasise

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