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underpunctuated en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

From under- + punctuated.

Meanings

  1. Having insufficient punctuation.
    • Before “Come Clean,” also known as the theme song for the MTV reality drama “Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County,” she made a characteristically dispassionate (and, it seemed, underpunctuated) request for audience participation: “Hey you guys know this song help me sing O.K.” 2007 August 29, Kelefa Sanneh, “Amid All the Cheers, a Few Signs of Change”, in New York Times:

Forms

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most underpunctuated Degree=Sup lexicographic
more underpunctuated Degree=Cmp lexicographic

underpunctuated en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

Etymology

From underpunctuate + -ed.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of underpunctuate