underreplace
underreplace verb: to replace insufficiently.
Verb
underreplace (third-person singular simple present underreplaces, present participle underreplacing, simple past and past participle underreplaced)
- To replace insufficiently
- Therefore, even women with the highest increases due to child mortality severely underreplace their lost children.1975, CICRED, Seminar on Infant Mortality in Relation to the Level of Fertility, 6-12 May 1975, Bangkok, Thailand, page 240
- Since that dose almost assuredly does not cause supraphysiological hepatic portal venous glucagon concentrations, it was used to intentionally underreplace glucagon during octreotide infusion in the current study.2007, Suzanne M. Breckenridge, Benjamin A. Cooperberg, Ana Maria Arbelaez, Bruce W. Patterson, Philip E. Cryer, “Glucagon, in Concert With Insulin, Supports the Postabsorptive Plasma Glucose...
Forms of underreplace
| third-person singular present | underreplaces |
|---|---|
| present participle | underreplacing |
| past participle | underreplaced |
| past | underreplaced |
Origin of underreplace
From under- + replace.
Questions about underreplace
- What does underreplace mean?
- Underreplace means to replace insufficiently.
- What part of speech is underreplace?
- Underreplace is a verb.
- What is the past tense of underreplace?
- The past tense of underreplace is underreplaced.
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