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underspecify

underspecify verb: to give insufficient, or insufficiently precise, information; to specify incompletely.

Verb

underspecify (third-person singular simple present underspecifies, present participle underspecifying, simple past and past participle underspecified)

  1. To give insufficient, or insufficiently precise, information; to specify incompletely.

Antonyms of underspecify

Forms of underspecify

third-person singular presentunderspecifies
present participleunderspecifying
past participleunderspecified
pastunderspecified

Origin of underspecify

From under- + specify.

Questions about underspecify

What does underspecify mean?
Underspecify means to give insufficient, or insufficiently precise, information; to specify incompletely.
What part of speech is underspecify?
Underspecify is a verb.
What is the past tense of underspecify?
The past tense of underspecify is underspecified.

Words near underspecify in the dictionary

  1. underspecification
  2. underspecifications
  3. underspecificity
  4. underspecified
  5. underspecifies
  6. underspecify
  7. underspecifying
  8. underspeed
  9. underspend
  10. underspender
  11. underspenders

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