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underemphasized

underemphasized adjective: insufficiently emphasized.

Adjective

underemphasized (comparative more underemphasized, superlative most underemphasized)

  1. Insufficiently emphasized

Forms of underemphasized

comparativemore underemphasized
superlativemost underemphasized

Origin of underemphasized

From under- + emphasized.

Questions about underemphasized

What does underemphasized mean?
Underemphasized means insufficiently emphasized.
What part of speech is underemphasized?
Underemphasized is an adjective.

Words near underemphasized in the dictionary

  1. underemphasise
  2. underemphasised
  3. underemphasises
  4. underemphasising
  5. underemphasize
  6. underemphasized
  7. underemphasizes
  8. underemphasizing
  9. underemployed
  10. underemployment
  11. underendowed

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