"underworking" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-underworking.wav Forms: underworkings [plural]
Etymology: From under- + working. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|working}} under- + working Head templates: {{en-noun}} underworking (plural underworkings)
  1. lower or underlying workings
    Sense id: en-underworking-en-noun-pRFxZY2v 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: 59 41 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with under-: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} underworking
  1. present participle and gerund of underwork Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: underwork
    Sense id: en-underworking-en-verb-pu3S5Mw-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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