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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underexpose

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English

Syllables
un-der-ex-pose
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To take a photograph using too small an exposure

verb

To provide with insufficient publicity

adj

The condition when a photograph is darker than it should be because the film was not exposed to sufficient light either because the camera aperture was too small or the duration of light was too short.

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- English expose English underexpose From under- + expose.

Inflected Forms

underexposes (present, singular) underexposing (participle, present) underexposed (participle, past) underexposed (past) more underexpose (comparative) most underexpose (superlative)

Questions

What does underexpose mean?
To take a photograph using too small an exposure
Where does underexpose 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- English expose English underexpose From under- + expose.

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