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underprompt

underprompt adjective: not prompt enough; tardy; delayed.

Adjective

underprompt (comparative more underprompt, superlative most underprompt)

  1. Not prompt enough; tardy; delayed.

Verb

underprompt (third-person singular simple present underprompts, present participle underprompting, simple past and past participle underprompted)

  1. (transitive) To give too few prompts to.
    • to underprompt an actor in training

Forms of underprompt

Adjective
comparativemore underprompt
superlativemost underprompt
Verb
third-person singular presentunderprompts
present participleunderprompting
past participleunderprompted
pastunderprompted

Origin of underprompt

From under- + prompt.

Questions about underprompt

What does underprompt mean?
Underprompt means not prompt enough; tardy; delayed.
What part of speech is underprompt?
Underprompt can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near underprompt in the dictionary

  1. underpromoted
  2. underpromotes
  3. underpromoting
  4. underpromotion
  5. underpromotions
  6. underprompt
  7. underprompted
  8. underprompter
  9. underprompters
  10. underprompting
  11. underprompts

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