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underness

underness noun: the quality of being under (beneath or below).

Noun

underness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being under (beneath or below).
    • On what do this underness and overness of supply depend?1875, John Ruskin, Arrows of the Chace: Volume II

Origin of underness

From under + -ness.

Questions about underness

What does underness mean?
Underness means the quality of being under (beneath or below).
What part of speech is underness?
Underness is a noun.

Words near underness in the dictionary

  1. underneath
  2. underneath one's breath
  3. underneath the hood
  4. underneathness
  5. underneaths
  6. underness
  7. undernet
  8. undernets
  9. underneutralization
  10. underneutralize
  11. underneutralized

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