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underfortify

underfortify verb: to fortify insufficiently.

Verb

underfortify (third-person singular simple present underfortifies, present participle underfortifying, simple past and past participle underfortified)

  1. (transitive) To fortify insufficiently.

Forms of underfortify

third-person singular presentunderfortifies
present participleunderfortifying
past participleunderfortified
pastunderfortified

Origin of underfortify

From under- + fortify.

Questions about underfortify

What does underfortify mean?
Underfortify means to fortify insufficiently.
What part of speech is underfortify?
Underfortify is a verb.
What is the past tense of underfortify?
The past tense of underfortify is underfortified.

Words near underfortify in the dictionary

  1. underforest
  2. underforested
  3. underforests
  4. underfortified
  5. underfortifies
  6. underfortify
  7. underfortifying
  8. underfoud
  9. underfouds
  10. underframe
  11. underframed

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