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underpressurized

underpressurized is the simple past and past participle of underpressurize.

Meaning of underpressurize

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

Adjective

underpressurized (not comparable)

  1. Insufficiently pressurized.

Questions about underpressurized

What does underpressurized mean?
Underpressurized means insufficiently pressurized.
What is underpressurized the simple past and past participle of?
Underpressurized is the simple past and past participle of underpressurize.
What part of speech is underpressurized?
Underpressurized is an adjective.

Words near underpressurized in the dictionary

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

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