Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

undergrade

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-der-grade
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the truss below the roadway, as in a deck bridge.

verb

To award too low a grade to a student or a piece of work.

Etymology

From under- + grade.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

undergrades (present, singular) undergrading (participle, present) undergraded (participle, past) undergraded (past)

Frequently Paired Words

at-grade overgrade

Questions

What does undergrade mean?
Having the truss below the roadway, as in a deck bridge.
Where does undergrade come from?
From under- + grade.

How to pronounce undergrade

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