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understimulate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-der-stim-u-late
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To stimulate too little or infrequently; to provide with insufficient stimulation.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

From under- + stimulate.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

understimulates (present, singular) understimulating (participle, present) understimulated (participle, past) understimulated (past)

Antonyms

overstimulate

Questions

What does understimulate mean?
To stimulate too little or infrequently; to provide with insufficient stimulation.
Where does understimulate come from?
From under- + stimulate.

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