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underresearched

underresearched adjective: insufficiently researched.

Adjective

underresearched (comparative more underresearched, superlative most underresearched)

  1. Insufficiently researched.
    • The evidence given for this suggestion is purely anecdotal, not to mention largely underresearched elsewhere.2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 84

Forms of underresearched

comparativemore underresearched
superlativemost underresearched

Origin of underresearched

From under- + researched.

Words formed from underresearched

Questions about underresearched

What does underresearched mean?
Underresearched means insufficiently researched.
What part of speech is underresearched?
Underresearched is an adjective.

Words near underresearched in the dictionary

  1. underrepresented
  2. underrepresentedness
  3. underrepresenting
  4. underrepresents
  5. underresearch
  6. underresearched
  7. underreserve
  8. underreserved
  9. underreserves
  10. underreserving
  11. underresolved

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