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}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "sottopotenziato"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "undermotorisert"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "undermotorisert"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "subpotenciado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "infrapoderoso"
}
],
"word": "underpowered"
}
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