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undertreating

undertreating is the present participle and gerund of undertreat.

Meaning of undertreat

Verb

undertreat (third-person singular simple present undertreats, present participle undertreating, simple past and past participle undertreated)

  1. To treat insufficiently or not frequently enough.
    • They are extremely effective in reducing pain, which many medical studies suggest is widely undertreated in patients suffering serious illness.2009 February 10, Gardiner Harris, “F.D.A. to Place New Limits On Prescriptions of Narcotics”, in New York Times

Questions about undertreating

What is undertreating the present participle and gerund of?
Undertreating is the present participle and gerund of undertreat.

Words near undertreating in the dictionary

  1. undertrays
  2. undertreasurer
  3. undertreasurers
  4. undertreat
  5. undertreated
  6. undertreating
  7. undertreatment
  8. undertreatments
  9. undertreats
  10. undertriage
  11. undertriaged

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Adapted from Wiktionary: undertreating (page history and authors); undertreat (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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