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underselect

underselect verb: to select (something) less than would be expected.

Verb

underselect (third-person singular simple present underselects, present participle underselecting, simple past and past participle underselected)

  1. (transitive) To select (something) less than would be expected.

Forms of underselect

third-person singular presentunderselects
present participleunderselecting
past participleunderselected
pastunderselected

Origin of underselect

From under- + select.

Questions about underselect

What does underselect mean?
Underselect means to select (something) less than would be expected.
What part of speech is underselect?
Underselect is a verb.
What is the past tense of underselect?
The past tense of underselect is underselected.

Words near underselect in the dictionary

  1. underseen
  2. undersees
  3. undersegmentation
  4. undersegmentations
  5. undersegmented
  6. underselect
  7. underselected
  8. underselecting
  9. underselection
  10. underselective
  11. underselects

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