"undermeasure" meaning in English

See undermeasure in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: undermeasures [present, singular, third-person], undermeasuring [participle, present], undermeasured [participle, past], undermeasured [past]
Etymology: under- + measure Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|measure}} under- + measure Head templates: {{en-verb}} undermeasure (third-person singular simple present undermeasures, present participle undermeasuring, simple past and past participle undermeasured)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To measure or estimate with a result that is smaller than it should be. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-undermeasure-en-verb-w3EBa61O Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with under-

Inflected forms

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