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underexplains

underexplains is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 underexplains

What is underexplains the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Underexplains is the third-person singular simple present indicative of underexplain.

Words near underexplains in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: underexplains (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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