underextend

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ extend.

Pronunciation

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Verb

underextend (third-person singular simple present underextends, present participle underextending, simple past and past participle underextended)

  1. (linguistics, transitive) To apply (a term) to too few referents, by underextension.
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