"undermodification" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-undermodification.wav Forms: undermodifications [plural]
Etymology: From under- + modification. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|modification}} under- + modification Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} undermodification (countable and uncountable, plural undermodifications)
  1. Insufficient modification. Tags: countable, uncountable

Inflected forms

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