"underspecification" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-underspecification.wav Forms: underspecifications [plural]
Etymology: From under- + specification. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|specification}} under- + specification Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} underspecification (countable and uncountable, plural underspecifications)
  1. Inadequate specification; failure to specify in enough detail. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-underspecification-en-noun-RdAH5YOU Categories (other): English terms prefixed with under- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with under-: 53 47
  2. (linguistics) A phenomenon in which certain features are omitted in underlying representations. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics Translations (linguistics: a phenomenon in which certain features are omitted in underlying representations): alulszabottság (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-underspecification-en-noun-Koq-ztaQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with under-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with under-: 53 47 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 32 68 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'linguistics: a phenomenon in which certain features are omitted in underlying representations': 5 95

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