Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underventilate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-der-ven-ti-late
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To ventilate insufficiently.

Transitive verb

verb

To breathe insufficiently; to hypoventilate.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

From under- + ventilate.

Usage

Inflected Forms

underventilates (present, singular) underventilating (participle, present) underventilated (participle, past) underventilated (past)

Questions

What does underventilate mean?
To ventilate insufficiently.
Where does underventilate come from?
From under- + ventilate.

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