Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

undercovered

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-cov-ered
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Insufficiently covered (against risk).

adj

Having too little coverage.

verb

simple past and past participle of undercover

Example Sentences

"If you are looking for a way to invest in undercovered stocks, Ms. Twitchell noted that an exchange traded fund opened last September, the Claymore/Sabrient Stealth E.T.F., “which provides exposure to an index of 150 stocks covered by two or fewer analysts.”"
"To go outside the unusual, to report the uncovered or undercovered, reporters have to find new listening posts."

Etymology

From under- + covered.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: under
Suffix: undercover

Inflected Forms

more undercovered (comparative) most undercovered (superlative)

Questions

What does undercovered mean?: Insufficiently covered (against risk).
Where does undercovered come from?: From under- + covered.

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