"underdirect" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "under- + direct",
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      "form": "underdirects",
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    },
    {
      "form": "underdirecting",
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        {
          "ref": "1970, Frederick S. Clarke, Cinefantastique - Volumes 1-7, page 40",
          "text": "Despite the seeming interest of the screenplay, Romero underdirects the entire effort, sending his actors through their paces without bothering to make them believe in the film.",
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        {
          "ref": "1986, Dramatics - Volume 58, page 17",
          "text": "I think he underdirects because he wants the script — the text — to be in control.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Gabriella Oldham, Mabel Langdon, Harry Langdon: King of Silent Comedy, page 171",
          "text": "We think it is time that some one explained to him, before he overacts and underdirects another feature picture for Broadway consumption, that while art suffereth long and is kind, cheapness and vulgarity are something else again.",
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        "To exert too little artistic control when directing (a play or film)."
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          "control",
          "control"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1913, Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, Proceedings of the Annual Convention - Volumes 26-28, page 75",
          "text": "The opinion is expressed that time is wasted by misdirected or underdirected visiting of schools.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1946, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations, Cancer Research",
          "text": "They should neither overdirect nor underdirect the program.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1982, Susan Dellinger, Communicating Effectively: A Complete Guide for Better Management",
          "text": "When a meeting is either overdirected (Example A) or underdirected (Example B), you're in trouble.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To provide too little guidance or direction."
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          "direction",
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    },
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      "form": "underdirected",
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      ],
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          "text": "They should neither overdirect nor underdirect the program.",
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        },
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        }
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