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underprioritize

underprioritize verb: to assign too low a priority to.

Verb

underprioritize (third-person singular simple present underprioritizes, present participle underprioritizing, simple past and past participle underprioritized)

  1. To assign too low a priority to.

Forms of underprioritize

third-person singular presentunderprioritizes
present participleunderprioritizing
past participleunderprioritized
pastunderprioritized

Origin of underprioritize

From under- + prioritize.

Questions about underprioritize

What does underprioritize mean?
Underprioritize means to assign too low a priority to.
What part of speech is underprioritize?
Underprioritize is a verb.
What is the past tense of underprioritize?
The past tense of underprioritize is underprioritized.

Words near underprioritize in the dictionary

  1. underpriest
  2. underpriests
  3. underprint
  4. underprints
  5. underprioritised
  6. underprioritize
  7. underprioritized
  8. underprioritizes
  9. underprioritizing
  10. underprivilege
  11. underprivileged

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