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underpacking

underpacking noun: insufficient, or less than the usual amount of packing. Also the present participle and gerund of underpack.

Noun

underpacking (usually uncountable, plural underpackings)

  1. (usually) Insufficient, or less than the usual amount of packing
    • In the first case (c1), a ray hits the surface pocket before reaching the ligand: this indicates underpacking in the protein-ligand interface.2015 July 17, “DARC 2.0: Improved Docking and Virtual Screening at Protein Interaction Sites”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Also used as

underpacking is also the present participle and gerund of underpack.

Forms of underpacking

pluralunderpackings

Origin of underpacking

From under- + packing.

Questions about underpacking

What does underpacking mean?
Underpacking means insufficient, or less than the usual amount of packing.
What part of speech is underpacking?
Underpacking is a noun.
What is the plural of underpacking?
The plural of underpacking is underpackings.

Words near underpacking in the dictionary

  1. underpackages
  2. underpackaging
  3. underpacked
  4. underpacker
  5. underpackers
  6. underpacking
  7. underpackings
  8. underpacks
  9. underpad
  10. underpadded
  11. underpadding

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