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undergain

undergain verb: to gain too much.

Verb

undergain (third-person singular simple present undergains, present participle undergaining, simple past and past participle undergained)

  1. To gain too much.
    • to undergain weight during bodybuilding
  2. (transitive) To apply too little gain to (a signal).

Noun

undergain

  1. Insufficient gain.

Forms of undergain

third-person singular presentundergains
present participleundergaining
past participleundergained
pastundergained

Origin of undergain

From under- + gain.

Questions about undergain

What does undergain mean?
Undergain means to gain too much.
What part of speech is undergain?
Undergain can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of undergain?
The past tense of undergain is undergained.

Words near undergain in the dictionary

  1. underfurrow
  2. underfurrowed
  3. underfurrowing
  4. underfurrows
  5. underfurs
  6. undergain
  7. undergained
  8. undergaining
  9. undergains
  10. undergamekeeper
  11. undergamekeepers

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