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underrank

underrank verb: to rank lower than.

Verb

underrank (third-person singular simple present underranks, present participle underranking, simple past and past participle underranked)

  1. (transitive) To rank lower than.
    • In the military, a private underranks a colonel.
  2. (transitive) To ascribe too low a rank to.
    • Embarrassingly, I underranked the colonel by addressing him as "private".

Forms of underrank

third-person singular presentunderranks
present participleunderranking
past participleunderranked
pastunderranked

Origin of underrank

From under- + rank.

Questions about underrank

What does underrank mean?
Underrank means to rank lower than.
What part of speech is underrank?
Underrank is a verb.
What is the past tense of underrank?
The past tense of underrank is underranked.

Words near underrank in the dictionary

  1. underquoting
  2. underran
  3. underrang
  4. underranger
  5. underrangers
  6. underrank
  7. underranked
  8. underranking
  9. underranks
  10. underrate
  11. underrated

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