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underinflate

underinflate verb: to inflate too little.

Verb

underinflate (third-person singular simple present underinflates, present participle underinflating, simple past and past participle underinflated)

  1. (transitive) To inflate too little.
    • Maybe the tire could emit the scent whenever it is underinflated — after all, a car with properly inflated tires gets the best gasoline mileage.2007 February 18, “Letters”, in New York Times

Antonyms of underinflate

Forms of underinflate

third-person singular presentunderinflates
present participleunderinflating
past participleunderinflated
pastunderinflated

Origin of underinflate

From under- + inflate.

Questions about underinflate

What does underinflate mean?
Underinflate means to inflate too little.
What part of speech is underinflate?
Underinflate is a verb.
What is the past tense of underinflate?
The past tense of underinflate is underinflated.

Words near underinflate in the dictionary

  1. underindulge
  2. underindulged
  3. underindulgence
  4. underindulges
  5. underindulging
  6. underinflate
  7. underinflated
  8. underinflates
  9. underinflating
  10. underinflation
  11. underinfluenced

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