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underpraise

underpraise verb: to praise too little.

Verb

underpraise (third-person singular simple present underpraises, present participle underpraising, simple past and past participle underpraised)

  1. (transitive) To praise too little.

Noun

underpraise (uncountable)

  1. Insufficient praise.

Forms of underpraise

third-person singular presentunderpraises
present participleunderpraising
past participleunderpraised
pastunderpraised

Origin of underpraise

From under- + praise.

Questions about underpraise

What does underpraise mean?
Underpraise means to praise too little.
What part of speech is underpraise?
Underpraise can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of underpraise?
The past tense of underpraise is underpraised.

Words near underpraise in the dictionary

  1. underpours
  2. underpower
  3. underpowered
  4. underpowering
  5. underpowers
  6. underpraise
  7. underpraised
  8. underpraises
  9. underpraising
  10. underprecision
  11. underpredict

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