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undergenerate

undergenerate verb: to apply a rule of language too strictly, so that some potential valid utterances are excluded from production.

Verb

undergenerate (third-person singular simple present undergenerates, present participle undergenerating, simple past and past participle undergenerated)

  1. To apply a rule of language too strictly, so that some potential valid utterances are excluded from production.
    Antonyms:
    overgenerate

Antonyms of undergenerate

Forms of undergenerate

third-person singular presentundergenerates
present participleundergenerating
past participleundergenerated
pastundergenerated

Origin of undergenerate

From under- + generate.

Questions about undergenerate

What does undergenerate mean?
Undergenerate means to apply a rule of language too strictly, so that some potential valid utterances are excluded from production.
What part of speech is undergenerate?
Undergenerate is a verb.
What is the past tense of undergenerate?
The past tense of undergenerate is undergenerated.

Words near undergenerate in the dictionary

  1. undergeneralize
  2. undergeneralized
  3. undergeneralizes
  4. undergeneralizing
  5. undergenerals
  6. undergenerate
  7. undergenerated
  8. undergenerates
  9. undergenerating
  10. undergeneration
  11. underget

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