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underapply

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-der-ap-ply
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To apply to an insufficient degree.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- Latin applicō Old French applierbor. Middle English aplien English apply English underapply From under- + apply.

Usage

Inflected Forms

underapplies (present, singular) underapplying (participle, present) underapplied (participle, past) underapplied (past)

Questions

What does underapply mean?
To apply to an insufficient degree.
Where does underapply come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- Latin applicō Old French applierbor. Middle English aplien English apply English underapply From under- + apply.

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