Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

undermeasure

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-der-mea-sure
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To measure or estimate with a result that is smaller than it should be.

Etymology

From under- + measure.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

undermeasures (present, singular) undermeasuring (participle, present) undermeasured (participle, past) undermeasured (past)

Questions

What does undermeasure mean?
To measure or estimate with a result that is smaller than it should be.
Where does undermeasure come from?
From under- + measure.

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