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underrecord

underrecord verb: to record inadequately.

Verb

underrecord (third-person singular simple present underrecords, present participle underrecording, simple past and past participle underrecorded)

  1. (transitive) To record inadequately.
    • When that occurs, the device does not measure the amount of methane that the second sensor would capture, and so it underrecords methane leakage rates.2015 August 4, John Schwartz, “Methane Leaks May Greatly Exceed Estimates, Report Says”, in New York Times
  2. (transitive) Of a work or a performer, to make too few recordings.

Forms of underrecord

third-person singular presentunderrecords
present participleunderrecording
past participleunderrecorded
pastunderrecorded
alternative formunder-record

Origin of underrecord

From under- + record.

Questions about underrecord

What does underrecord mean?
Underrecord means to record inadequately.
What part of speech is underrecord?
Underrecord is a verb.
What is the past tense of underrecord?
The past tense of underrecord is underrecorded.

Words near underrecord in the dictionary

  1. underrecognize
  2. underrecognized
  3. underrecognizes
  4. underrecognizing
  5. underrecompensed
  6. underrecord
  7. underrecorded
  8. underrecording
  9. underrecords
  10. underrecovery
  11. underrecruit

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