Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underplacement

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-place-ment
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Placement below or subordinate to others.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Assignment to a placement that does not fully use the person's talents.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Extreme underconfidence.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"the underplacement of gifted students"
"After graduation, he landed a job as a patent clerk in the Swiss city of Bern, which qualifies as one of the great professional underplacements of all time."
"The mistake of overplacement has led eager and ambitious entrepreneurs to throw their life savings into ventures that fail. The mistake of underplacement, on the other hand, regularly leads to terrible missed opportunities by those who would have succeeded had they only the courage to try."

Etymology

From under- + placement.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: under

Usage

Inflected Forms

underplacements (plural)

Antonyms

overplacement

Questions

What does underplacement mean?: Placement below or subordinate to others.
Where does underplacement come from?: From under- + placement.

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