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underpressurize

underpressurize verb: to bring to too low a pressure.

Verb

underpressurize (third-person singular simple present underpressurizes, present participle underpressurizing, simple past and past participle underpressurized)

  1. To bring to too low a pressure.
    • For example, there was a program that calculated water pressure for systems of water lines; it enabled planners to determine which lines needed to be replaced to ensure that new water lines did not underpressurize the system.2009, Albert Meijer, Kees Boersma, Pieter Wagenaar, ICTs, Citizens and Governance: After the Hype!, page 164
    Antonyms:
    overpressurize

Antonyms of underpressurize

Forms of underpressurize

third-person singular presentunderpressurizes
present participleunderpressurizing
past participleunderpressurized
pastunderpressurized

Origin of underpressurize

From under- + pressurize.

Questions about underpressurize

What does underpressurize mean?
Underpressurize means to bring to too low a pressure.
What part of speech is underpressurize?
Underpressurize is a verb.
What is the past tense of underpressurize?
The past tense of underpressurize is underpressurized.

Words near underpressurize in the dictionary

  1. underpressurised
  2. underpressurises
  3. underpressurising
  4. underpressurization
  5. underpressurizations
  6. underpressurize
  7. underpressurized
  8. underpressurizes
  9. underpressurizing
  10. underprice
  11. underpriced

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