"undermaintain" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: undermaintains [present, singular, third-person], undermaintaining [participle, present], undermaintained [participle, past], undermaintained [past]
Etymology: From under- + maintain. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|maintain}} under- + maintain Head templates: {{en-verb}} undermaintain (third-person singular simple present undermaintains, present participle undermaintaining, simple past and past participle undermaintained)
  1. (transitive) To maintain inadequately; to allow to fall into disrepair. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-undermaintain-en-verb-Q3KmaZeF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with under-, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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