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underfiltering

underfiltering is the present participle and gerund of underfilter.

Meaning of underfilter

Verb

underfilter (third-person singular simple present underfilters, present participle underfiltering, simple past and past participle underfiltered)

  1. To filter insufficiently.
    • It is not possible to overfilter your tank but marine aquaria are frequently underfiltered.1966, William P. Braker, Know how to Keep Saltwater Fishes, page 19

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Questions about underfiltering

What is underfiltering the present participle and gerund of?
Underfiltering is the present participle and gerund of underfilter.

Words near underfiltering in the dictionary

  1. underfilling
  2. underfillings
  3. underfills
  4. underfilter
  5. underfiltered
  6. underfiltering
  7. underfilters
  8. underfinance
  9. underfinanced
  10. underfinances
  11. underfinancing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: underfiltering (page history and authors); underfilter (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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