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underidentify

underidentify verb: to identify insufficiently (with another person or thing).

Verb

underidentify (third-person singular simple present underidentifies, present participle underidentifying, simple past and past participle underidentified)

  1. (intransitive) To identify insufficiently (with another person or thing).
    Antonyms:
    overidentify

Antonyms of underidentify

Forms of underidentify

third-person singular presentunderidentifies
present participleunderidentifying
past participleunderidentified
pastunderidentified

Origin of underidentify

From under- + identify.

Questions about underidentify

What does underidentify mean?
Underidentify means to identify insufficiently (with another person or thing).
What part of speech is underidentify?
Underidentify is a verb.
What is the past tense of underidentify?
The past tense of underidentify is underidentified.

Words near underidentify in the dictionary

  1. underhydroxylation
  2. underhyped
  3. underided
  4. underidentification
  5. underidentified
  6. underidentify
  7. underilluminated
  8. underilluminating
  9. underimagined
  10. underimmunise
  11. underimmunised

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