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underteach

underteach verb: to teach too little.

Verb

underteach (third-person singular simple present underteaches, present participle underteaching, simple past and past participle undertaught)

  1. To teach too little.

Forms of underteach

third-person singular presentunderteaches
present participleunderteaching
past participleundertaught
pastundertaught

Origin of underteach

From under- + teach.

Questions about underteach

What does underteach mean?
Underteach means to teach too little.
What part of speech is underteach?
Underteach is a verb.
What is the past tense of underteach?
The past tense of underteach is undertaught.

Words near underteach in the dictionary

  1. undertaught
  2. undertax
  3. undertaxed
  4. undertaxes
  5. undertaxing
  6. underteach
  7. underteacher
  8. underteachers
  9. underteaches
  10. underteaching
  11. underteller

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