"undersight" meaning in English

See undersight in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-undersight.wav Forms: undersights [plural]
Etymology: From under- + sight. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|sight}} under- + sight Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} undersight (usually uncountable, plural undersights)
  1. (uncommon) Inverse oversight; sousveillance at a high level. Tags: uncommon, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-undersight-en-noun-VnAOck3f

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-undersight.wav Forms: undersights [present, singular, third-person], undersighting [participle, present], undersighted [participle, past], undersighted [past]
Etymology: From under- + sight. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|sight}} under- + sight Head templates: {{en-verb}} undersight (third-person singular simple present undersights, present participle undersighting, simple past and past participle undersighted)
  1. (transitive, uncommon) To misadjust the sights of a gun so that the projectile falls short of its intended target. Tags: transitive, uncommon
    Sense id: en-undersight-en-verb-UQ~JdDAk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with under-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with under-: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92

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