Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underpromotion

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-der-pro-mo-tion
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Insufficient promotion (of goods, services, employees, etc.).

Uncountable

noun

Promotion of a pawn to a piece other than a queen.

Uncountable

Etymology

From under- + promotion.

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Questions

What does underpromotion mean?
Insufficient promotion (of goods, services, employees, etc.).
Where does underpromotion come from?
From under- + promotion.

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