"underquotation" meaning in English

See underquotation in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

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

Inflected forms

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