"underreach" meaning in English

See underreach in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: underreaches [present, singular, third-person], underreaching [participle, present], underreached [participle, past], underreached [past]
Etymology: under- + reach Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|reach}} under- + reach Head templates: {{en-verb}} underreach (third-person singular simple present underreaches, present participle underreaching, simple past and past participle underreached)
  1. (intransitive) To reach insufficiently far; to underachieve. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-underreach-en-verb-T95o81MO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with under-

Inflected forms

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