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underpunctuating

underpunctuating is the present participle and gerund 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 underpunctuating

What is underpunctuating the present participle and gerund of?
Underpunctuating is the present participle and gerund of underpunctuate.

Words near underpunctuating in the dictionary

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

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