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underventilated

underventilated adjective: insufficiently ventilated.

Adjective

underventilated (comparative more underventilated, superlative most underventilated)

  1. Insufficiently ventilated.
    • But when the Beastie Boys played Central Park SummerStage on Wednesday night, Mike D (a k a Michael Diamond) made a point of complaining, or bragging, about his slow ride uptown on an underventilated A train.2007 August 10, Nate Chinen, “Giving the Hometown Fans a Dose of Classic Hometown Hip-Hop”, in New York Times

Forms of underventilated

comparativemore underventilated
superlativemost underventilated

Origin of underventilated

From under- + ventilated.

Questions about underventilated

What does underventilated mean?
Underventilated means insufficiently ventilated.
What part of speech is underventilated?
Underventilated is an adjective.

Words near underventilated in the dictionary

  1. undervascularized
  2. undervegetation
  3. undervent
  4. undervented
  5. underventilate
  6. underventilated
  7. underventilation
  8. underventing
  9. undervents
  10. underverse
  11. underverses

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