"underrestrain" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: underrestrains [present, singular, third-person], underrestraining [participle, present], underrestrained [participle, past], underrestrained [past]
Etymology: under- + restrain Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|restrain}} under- + restrain Head templates: {{en-verb}} underrestrain (third-person singular simple present underrestrains, present participle underrestraining, simple past and past participle underrestrained)
  1. To fail to restrain sufficiently.
    Sense id: en-underrestrain-en-verb-gTCMDe4j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with under-

Inflected forms

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