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undertrain

undertrain verb: to train less than required or normal.

Verb

undertrain (third-person singular simple present undertrains, present participle undertraining, simple past and past participle undertrained)

  1. (ambitransitive) To train less than required or normal.
    • So the danger for me is that I overtrain, not undertrain.2015 August 7, Kate Carter, “Mara Yamauchi: 'When you go out to run, there’s just nothing better'”, in The Guardian

Forms of undertrain

third-person singular presentundertrains
present participleundertraining
past participleundertrained
pastundertrained

Origin of undertrain

From under- + train.

Questions about undertrain

What does undertrain mean?
Undertrain means to train less than required or normal.
What part of speech is undertrain?
Undertrain is a verb.
What is the past tense of undertrain?
The past tense of undertrain is undertrained.

Words near undertrain in the dictionary

  1. undertowed
  2. undertowing
  3. undertows
  4. undertrack
  5. undertracks
  6. undertrain
  7. undertrained
  8. undertraining
  9. undertrains
  10. undertranslate
  11. undertranslated

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