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underpunctuated

underpunctuated adjective: having insufficient punctuation. Also the simple past and past participle of underpunctuate.

Adjective

underpunctuated (comparative more underpunctuated, superlative most underpunctuated)

  1. Having insufficient punctuation.
    • Before “Come Clean,” also known as the theme song for the MTV reality drama “Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County,” she made a characteristically dispassionate (and, it seemed, underpunctuated) request for audience participation: “Hey you guys know this song help me sing O.K.”2007 August 29, Kelefa Sanneh, “Amid All the Cheers, a Few Signs of Change”, in New York Times

Also used as

underpunctuated is also the simple past and past participle of underpunctuate.

Forms of underpunctuated

comparativemore underpunctuated
superlativemost underpunctuated

Origin of underpunctuated

From under- + punctuated.

From underpunctuate + -ed.

Questions about underpunctuated

What does underpunctuated mean?
Underpunctuated means having insufficient punctuation.
What part of speech is underpunctuated?
Underpunctuated is an adjective.

Words near underpunctuated in the dictionary

  1. underpulling
  2. underpulls
  3. underpulse
  4. underpulses
  5. underpunctuate
  6. underpunctuated
  7. underpunctuates
  8. underpunctuating
  9. underpunctuation
  10. underpunished
  11. underpuppies

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