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underengined

underengined adjective: having too small an engine in relation to its size.

Adjective

underengined (not comparable)

  1. having too small an engine in relation to its size.
    • Only under the most favorable circumstances of wind and steam can their underengined boats cover the distance in fifteen days. Our City of Peking, for instance, had been jogging along at a gentle ten knots an hour, a pace out of all proportion to her bulk.1889-1913, Rudyard Kipling, "From Sea to Sea", From Sea to Sea and Other Sketches, Letters of Travel

Origin of underengined

From under- + engined.

Questions about underengined

What does underengined mean?
Underengined means having too small an engine in relation to its size.
What part of speech is underengined?
Underengined is an adjective.

Words near underengined in the dictionary

  1. underenforced
  2. underenforcement
  3. underenforces
  4. underenforcing
  5. underengaged
  6. underengined
  7. underenriched
  8. underenrichment
  9. underenthused
  10. underentitled
  11. underentitlement

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