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underexercised

underexercised adjective: having inadequate exercise.

Adjective

underexercised (comparative more underexercised, superlative most underexercised)

  1. Having inadequate exercise.
    • (This might surprise the millions of underexercised, wide-beamed Americans who nonetheless managed to plant two sneakered feet on the crown’s landing in hazy humidity).2009 May 9, Michael Powell, “To the Hardy, Lady Liberty’s Crown Beckons Anew”, in New York Times

Forms of underexercised

comparativemore underexercised
superlativemost underexercised

Origin of underexercised

From under- + exercised.

Questions about underexercised

What does underexercised mean?
Underexercised means having inadequate exercise.
What part of speech is underexercised?
Underexercised is an adjective.

Words near underexercised in the dictionary

  1. underexaggerating
  2. underexamined
  3. underexclusive
  4. underexcretion
  5. underexercise
  6. underexercised
  7. underexercises
  8. underexercising
  9. underexpanded
  10. underexpansion
  11. underexpansions

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