"undertheorize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: undertheorizes [present, singular, third-person], undertheorizing [participle, present], undertheorized [participle, past], undertheorized [past]
Etymology: under- + theorize Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|theorize}} under- + theorize Head templates: {{en-verb}} undertheorize (third-person singular simple present undertheorizes, present participle undertheorizing, simple past and past participle undertheorized)
  1. To theorize insufficiently.
    Sense id: en-undertheorize-en-verb-gMBRkXyp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with under-

Inflected forms

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