underinstruct
underinstruct verb: to provide (someone) with insufficient instruction.
Verb
underinstruct (third-person singular simple present underinstructs, present participle underinstructing, simple past and past participle underinstructed)
- To provide (someone) with insufficient instruction.
- […] an overenthusiastic and underinstructed loading crew of Germans had stuffed his three-and-a-half-ton-capacity ship with seven and a half tons of cargo.1961, Ely Jacques Kahn Jr., “Die Luftbrücke”, in A Reporter Here and There, New York: Random House, page 194
- [Doctors] tend to avoid describing side effects […]. This occasionally leads them to underinstruct their patients.1988, J. Alfred Jones, Gerald M. Phillips, chapter 4, in Communicating with Your Doctor, Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, page 117
Forms of underinstruct
| third-person singular present | underinstructs |
|---|---|
| present participle | underinstructing |
| past participle | underinstructed |
| past | underinstructed |
Origin of underinstruct
From under- + instruct.
Questions about underinstruct
- What does underinstruct mean?
- Underinstruct means to provide (someone) with insufficient instruction.
- What part of speech is underinstruct?
- Underinstruct is a verb.
- What is the past tense of underinstruct?
- The past tense of underinstruct is underinstructed.
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