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underexpose

underexpose verb: to take a photograph using too small an exposure.

Verb

underexpose (third-person singular simple present underexposes, present participle underexposing, simple past and past participle underexposed)

  1. To take a photograph using too small an exposure
  2. To provide with insufficient publicity

Adjective

underexpose (comparative more underexpose, superlative most underexpose)

  1. The condition when a photograph is darker than it should be because the film was not exposed to sufficient light either because the camera aperture was too small or the duration of light was too short.

underexpose meaning in Urdu

underexpose in Urdu

ناکافی افشا کرنا

Forms of underexpose

Verb
third-person singular presentunderexposes
present participleunderexposing
past participleunderexposed
pastunderexposed
Adjective
comparativemore underexpose
superlativemost underexpose

Origin of underexpose

From under- + expose.

Questions about underexpose

What does underexpose mean?
Underexpose means to take a photograph using too small an exposure.
What is underexpose in Urdu?
Underexpose in Urdu is ناکافی افشا کرنا. See Underexpose meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is underexpose?
Underexpose can be a verb or an adjective.
What is the past tense of underexpose?
The past tense of underexpose is underexposed.

Words near underexpose in the dictionary

  1. underexploitations
  2. underexploited
  3. underexploiting
  4. underexploits
  5. underexplored
  6. underexpose
  7. underexposed
  8. underexposes
  9. underexposing
  10. underexposure
  11. underexposures

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Adapted from Wiktionary: underexpose (page history and authors); underexpose (Urdu Wiktionary) (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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