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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

underexpress en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

From under- + express.

Meanings

  1. To express less than normally.
    • In each of the triads, one type overexpresses the characteristic faculty of the triad, another underexpresses it and the third is most out of touch with it. 1999, Anthony Falikowski, Mastering Human Relations, page 414:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
underexpresses Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
underexpressing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
underexpressed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
underexpressed Tense=Past lexicographic

Antonyms

overexpress