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underpunctuates

underpunctuates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of underpunctuate.

Meaning of underpunctuate

Verb

underpunctuate (third-person singular simple present underpunctuates, present participle underpunctuating, simple past and past participle underpunctuated)

  1. To punctuate insufficiently.
    • Do not overpunctuate; it is much easier than to underpunctuate. The general tendency nowadays is to make punctuation less copious than formerly.1893, John F[ranklin] Genung, “The Sentence”, in Outlines of Rhetoric Embodied in Rules, Illustrative Examples, and a Progressive Course of Prose Composition, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.; Chicago...

Questions about underpunctuates

What is underpunctuates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Underpunctuates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of underpunctuate.

Words near underpunctuates in the dictionary

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

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