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understress

understress verb: to place insufficient emphasis on.

Verb

understress (third-person singular simple present understresses, present participle understressing, simple past and past participle understressed)

  1. (transitive) To place insufficient emphasis on.
    Synonyms:
    underemphasize

Synonyms of understress

Antonyms

Forms of understress

third-person singular presentunderstresses
present participleunderstressing
past participleunderstressed
pastunderstressed

Origin of understress

From under- + stress.

Questions about understress

What does understress mean?
Understress means to place insufficient emphasis on.
What part of speech is understress?
Understress is a verb.
What is the past tense of understress?
The past tense of understress is understressed.

Words near understress in the dictionary

  1. understratum
  2. understratums
  3. understream
  4. understreams
  5. understrength
  6. understress
  7. understressed
  8. understresses
  9. understressing
  10. understride
  11. understrides

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