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underprotecting

underprotecting is the present participle and gerund of underprotect.

Meaning of underprotect

Verb

underprotect (third-person singular simple present underprotects, present participle underprotecting, simple past and past participle underprotected)

  1. (transitive) To give insufficient protection to.
    Synonyms:
    underdefend

Questions about underprotecting

What is underprotecting the present participle and gerund of?
Underprotecting is the present participle and gerund of underprotect.

Words near underprotecting in the dictionary

  1. underpropping
  2. underprops
  3. underprosecuted
  4. underprotect
  5. underprotected
  6. underprotecting
  7. underprotection
  8. underprotective
  9. underprotectiveness
  10. underprotects
  11. underprove

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Adapted from Wiktionary: underprotecting (page history and authors); underprotect (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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