underrestrain
underrestrain verb: to fail to restrain sufficiently.
Verb
underrestrain (third-person singular simple present underrestrains, present participle underrestraining, simple past and past participle underrestrained)
- To fail to restrain sufficiently.
- By enabling us to divert certain criminals from the penal to the psychiatric system, the fiction of mental illness as destroyer of mens rea protects us from guilt for punishing guilty but crazy criminals; by eschewing formally punishing—and, as a result, by capriciously underrestraining and...1997, Thomas Szasz, Insanity: The Idea and Its Consequences, →ISBN, page 272
- Owners tend to underrestrain or let go when the pet becomes fractious in the new environment.2013, Andrew J. Rosenfeld, Veterinary Medical Team Handbook, →ISBN
Forms of underrestrain
| third-person singular present | underrestrains |
|---|---|
| present participle | underrestraining |
| past participle | underrestrained |
| past | underrestrained |
Origin of underrestrain
From under- + restrain.
Questions about underrestrain
- What does underrestrain mean?
- Underrestrain means to fail to restrain sufficiently.
- What part of speech is underrestrain?
- Underrestrain is a verb.
- What is the past tense of underrestrain?
- The past tense of underrestrain is underrestrained.
Words near underrestrain in the dictionary
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