"undermeasure" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-undermeasure.wav Forms: undermeasures [present, singular, third-person], undermeasuring [participle, present], undermeasured [participle, past], undermeasured [past]
Etymology: From under- + measure. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|measure}} under- + measure Head templates: {{en-verb}} undermeasure (third-person singular simple present undermeasures, present participle undermeasuring, simple past and past participle undermeasured)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To measure or estimate with a result that is smaller than it should be. Tags: intransitive, transitive

Inflected forms

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