underpunctuate
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
Example Sentences
- "Do not overpunctuate; it is much easier than to underpunctuate. The general tendency nowadays is to make punctuation less copious than formerly."
- "Do not overpunctuate. But do not underpunctuate. Make your sentence constructions so clear that it will be possible for you to keep punctuation at a minimum."
- "[George] Ade tended to underpunctuate. The punctuation of the letters and the capitalization which was a trademark remain as they appear in the copy texts."
- "The translators tended to underpunctuate (perhaps reflecting their familiarity with the originals). I have therefore repunctuated many of the letters in accordance with accepted modern English usage."
- "For example, much editorial ink has been spilled over the question, why did he [Lord Byron] underpunctuate his poetic manuscripts – or even whether his manuscripts are under-, or just Byronically-, punctuated."