Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underfit

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-der-fit
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To use a statistical model that has too few parameters relative to the size of the sample.

Etymology

From under- + fit.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

underfits (present, singular) underfitting (participle, present) underfitted (participle, past) underfitted (past)

Phrases

underfit stream

Frequently Paired Words

underfit stream

Antonyms

overfit

Questions

What does underfit mean?
To use a statistical model that has too few parameters relative to the size of the sample.
Where does underfit come from?
From under- + fit.

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