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undersaturated

undersaturated adjective: insufficiently saturated.

Adjective

undersaturated (comparative more undersaturated, superlative most undersaturated)

  1. Insufficiently saturated
  2. (of igneous rock) Having minerals without free silica

Forms of undersaturated

comparativemore undersaturated
superlativemost undersaturated

Origin of undersaturated

From under- + saturated.

Questions about undersaturated

What does undersaturated mean?
Undersaturated means insufficiently saturated.
What part of speech is undersaturated?
Undersaturated is an adjective.

Words near undersaturated in the dictionary

  1. undersash
  2. undersashes
  3. undersatisfaction
  4. undersatisfied
  5. undersaturate
  6. undersaturated
  7. undersaturates
  8. undersaturating
  9. undersaturation
  10. undersave
  11. undersaved

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