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underpunished

underpunished adjective: insufficiently punished.

Adjective

underpunished (comparative more underpunished, superlative most underpunished)

  1. Insufficiently punished
    • The NRL should be far more concerned about vicious swinging arms and dangerous tackles that go unchecked or underpunished as they have in recent weeks when Leeson Ah Mau and Blake Austin remarkably escaped suspension for two very dubious incidents.2015 August 18, Nick Tedeschi, “NRL: five things we learned from round 23”, in The Guardian

Forms of underpunished

comparativemore underpunished
superlativemost underpunished

Origin of underpunished

From under- + punished.

Questions about underpunished

What does underpunished mean?
Underpunished means insufficiently punished.
What part of speech is underpunished?
Underpunished is an adjective.

Words near underpunished in the dictionary

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

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