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underfertilize

underfertilize verb: to treat (plants) with too little fertilizer.

Verb

underfertilize (third-person singular simple present underfertilizes, present participle underfertilizing, simple past and past participle underfertilized)

  1. (transitive) To treat (plants) with too little fertilizer.

Forms of underfertilize

third-person singular presentunderfertilizes
present participleunderfertilizing
past participleunderfertilized
pastunderfertilized

Origin of underfertilize

From under- + fertilize.

Questions about underfertilize

What does underfertilize mean?
Underfertilize means to treat (plants) with too little fertilizer.
What part of speech is underfertilize?
Underfertilize is a verb.
What is the past tense of underfertilize?
The past tense of underfertilize is underfertilized.

Words near underfertilize in the dictionary

  1. underfertilise
  2. underfertilised
  3. underfertilises
  4. underfertilising
  5. underfertilization
  6. underfertilize
  7. underfertilized
  8. underfertilizes
  9. underfertilizing
  10. underfill
  11. underfilled

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