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underexplain

underexplain verb: to provide an insufficient explanation.

Verb

underexplain (third-person singular simple present underexplains, present participle underexplaining, simple past and past participle underexplained)

  1. To provide an insufficient explanation
    • Then again, overexplaining is better than underexplaining.2009 January 4, Peter Keepnews, “A Love Supreme”, in New York Times

Antonyms of underexplain

Forms of underexplain

third-person singular presentunderexplains
present participleunderexplaining
past participleunderexplained
pastunderexplained

Origin of underexplain

From under- + explain.

Questions about underexplain

What does underexplain mean?
Underexplain means to provide an insufficient explanation.
What part of speech is underexplain?
Underexplain is a verb.
What is the past tense of underexplain?
The past tense of underexplain is underexplained.

Words near underexplain in the dictionary

  1. underexpanded
  2. underexpansion
  3. underexpansions
  4. underexpenditure
  5. underexperienced
  6. underexplain
  7. underexplained
  8. underexplaining
  9. underexplains
  10. underexploit
  11. underexploitation

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