Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

undertaxed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-taxed
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Taxed at less than an appropriate level

Example Sentences

"“Mexico is an undertaxed country, not an overtaxed country,” said Damian Fraser, the head of Latin America research at UBS Securities in Mexico City."

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 taxed English undertaxed From under- + taxed.

Inflected Forms

more undertaxed (comparative) most undertaxed (superlative)

Questions

What does undertaxed mean?: Taxed at less than an appropriate level
Where does undertaxed 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 taxed English undertaxed From under- + taxed.

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