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underlubricate

underlubricate verb: to lubricate too little.

Verb

underlubricate (third-person singular simple present underlubricates, present participle underlubricating, simple past and past participle underlubricated)

  1. (transitive) To lubricate too little.
    Antonyms:
    overlubricate

Antonyms of underlubricate

Forms of underlubricate

third-person singular presentunderlubricates
present participleunderlubricating
past participleunderlubricated
pastunderlubricated

Origin of underlubricate

From under- + lubricate.

Questions about underlubricate

What does underlubricate mean?
Underlubricate means to lubricate too little.
What part of speech is underlubricate?
Underlubricate is a verb.
What is the past tense of underlubricate?
The past tense of underlubricate is underlubricated.

Words near underlubricate in the dictionary

  1. underlooker
  2. underlookers
  3. underlooking
  4. underlooks
  5. underloved
  6. underlubricate
  7. underlubricated
  8. underlubricates
  9. underlubricating
  10. underlubrication
  11. underlug

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