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underexplained

underexplained is the simple past and past participle of underexplain.

Meaning of underexplain

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

Questions about underexplained

What is underexplained the simple past and past participle of?
Underexplained is the simple past and past participle of underexplain.

Words near underexplained in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: underexplained (page history and authors); underexplain (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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