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underoperate

underoperate verb: to perform too few surgical operations.

Verb

underoperate (third-person singular simple present underoperates, present participle underoperating, simple past and past participle underoperated)

  1. To perform too few surgical operations.

Forms of underoperate

third-person singular presentunderoperates
present participleunderoperating
past participleunderoperated
pastunderoperated

Origin of underoperate

From under- + operate.

Questions about underoperate

What does underoperate mean?
Underoperate means to perform too few surgical operations.
What part of speech is underoperate?
Underoperate is a verb.
What is the past tense of underoperate?
The past tense of underoperate is underoperated.

Words near underoperate in the dictionary

  1. underoil
  2. underoiled
  3. underoiling
  4. underoils
  5. underoos
  6. underoperate
  7. underoperated
  8. underoperates
  9. underoperating
  10. underoptimization
  11. underoptimize

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