underget
underget verb: to get less than expected or due.
Verb
underget (third-person singular simple present undergets, present participle undergetting, simple past undergot, past participle undergot or undergotten)
- To get less than expected or due.
- Some companies hold their clerks responsible to account for the actual amount of the fares on tickets sold, and ignore the question of overgot and undergot money.1885, Edmund B. Ivatts, Railway management at stations
- There Is a Limit to Over-Paying and Undergetting1920, Financial World, volume 33, page 8
- Antonyms:
- overget
Antonyms of underget
Forms of underget
| third-person singular present | undergets |
|---|---|
| present participle | undergetting |
| past | undergot |
| past participle | undergot |
| past participle | undergotten |
Origin of underget
From under- + get. Compare Middle English underyeten (“to comprehend, perceive”), from Old English underġietan (“to understand, perceive, know”).
Questions about underget
- What does underget mean?
- Underget means to get less than expected or due.
- What part of speech is underget?
- Underget is a verb.
- What is the past tense of underget?
- The past tense of underget is undergot.
Words near underget in the dictionary
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