"undercorrect" meaning in English

See undercorrect in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: undercorrects [present, singular, third-person], undercorrecting [participle, present], undercorrected [participle, past], undercorrected [past]
Etymology: under- + correct Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|correct}} under- + correct Head templates: {{en-verb}} undercorrect (third-person singular simple present undercorrects, present participle undercorrecting, simple past and past participle undercorrected)
  1. to correct insufficiently
    Sense id: en-undercorrect-en-verb-XGxWTLGp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with under-

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for undercorrect meaning in English (1.3kB)

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