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undertaxed

undertaxed adjective: taxed at less than an appropriate level.

Adjective

undertaxed (comparative more undertaxed, superlative most undertaxed)

  1. Taxed at less than an appropriate level
    • “Mexico is an undertaxed country, not an overtaxed country,” said Damian Fraser, the head of Latin America research at UBS Securities in Mexico City.2007 September 15, Elisabeth Malkin, “Mexico Enacts a Tax-Overhaul Bill”, in New York Times

Forms of undertaxed

comparativemore undertaxed
superlativemost undertaxed

Origin of undertaxed

From under- + taxed.

Questions about undertaxed

What does undertaxed mean?
Undertaxed means taxed at less than an appropriate level.
What part of speech is undertaxed?
Undertaxed is an adjective.

Words near undertaxed in the dictionary

  1. undertalented
  2. undertaste
  3. undertastes
  4. undertaught
  5. undertax
  6. undertaxed
  7. undertaxes
  8. undertaxing
  9. underteach
  10. underteacher
  11. underteachers

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