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underfunction

underfunction verb: to function inadequately.

Verb

underfunction (third-person singular simple present underfunctions, present participle underfunctioning, simple past and past participle underfunctioned)

  1. (intransitive) To function inadequately.
    • The reciprocal position for his employees would be to underfunction in their job responsibilities, especially in duties that overlapped or were interrelated to his responsibilities as the family center director.2011, Ona Cohn Bregman, Charles M. White, Bringing Systems Thinking to Life

Noun

underfunction (uncountable)

  1. Inadequate function.

Forms of underfunction

third-person singular presentunderfunctions
present participleunderfunctioning
past participleunderfunctioned
pastunderfunctioned

Origin of underfunction

From under- + function.

Words formed from underfunction

Questions about underfunction

What does underfunction mean?
Underfunction means to function inadequately.
What part of speech is underfunction?
Underfunction can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of underfunction?
The past tense of underfunction is underfunctioned.

Words near underfunction in the dictionary

  1. underfulfilling
  2. underfulfills
  3. underfulfils
  4. underfull
  5. underfulls
  6. underfunction
  7. underfunctioned
  8. underfunctioner
  9. underfunctioners
  10. underfunctioning
  11. underfunctions

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