Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underpromote

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-pro-mote
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To promote inadequately.

Transitive verb

verb

To promote (a pawn that has crossed the board) to a less powerful piece than a queen, which is sometimes strategically useful.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"It was a teen party sponsored by the hip-hop radio station Hot 97 (WQHT-FM), and maybe an underpromoted one: much of the room was empty."

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- Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin prōmoveō Latin prōmōtusbor. English promote English underpromote From under- + promote.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

underpromotes (present, singular) underpromoting (participle, present) underpromoted (participle, past) underpromoted (past)

Questions

What does underpromote mean?: To promote inadequately.
Where does underpromote 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- Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin prōmoveō Latin prōmōtusbor. English promote English underpromote From under- + promote.

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