"underinsulate" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-underinsulate.wav Forms: underinsulates [present, singular, third-person], underinsulating [participle, present], underinsulated [participle, past], underinsulated [past]
Etymology: From under- + insulate. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|insulate}} under- + insulate Head templates: {{en-verb}} underinsulate (third-person singular simple present underinsulates, present participle underinsulating, simple past and past participle underinsulated)
  1. To insulate insufficiently Derived forms: underinsulation

Inflected forms

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