| underprivileged | (adjective) lacking the rights and advantages of other members of society | - |
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| underproduce | (verb) produce below capacity or demand | - |
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| underproduction | (noun) inadequate production or less than expected | - |
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| underquote | (verb) quote a price lower than that quoted by (another seller) | - |
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| (verb) offer for sale at a price lower than the market price | - |
| underrate | (verb) make too low an estimate of | Synonyms: underestimate |
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| underrating | (noun) an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value | Synonyms: underestimate, underestimation, underreckoning |
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| underreckoning | (noun) an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value | Synonyms: underestimate, underestimation, underrating |
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| underrun | (verb) haul onto a boat | - |
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| (verb) run or pass below | - |
| underscore | (noun) a line drawn underneath (especially under written matter) | Synonyms: underline |
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| (verb) give extra weight to (a communication) | Synonyms: emphasise, emphasize, underline |
| (verb) draw a line or lines underneath to call attention to | Synonyms: underline |
| undersea | (adjective) beneath the surface of the sea | Synonyms: submarine |
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| underseal | (noun) seal consisting of a coating of a tar or rubberlike material on the underside of a motor vehicle to retard corrosion | Synonyms: undercoat |
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| undersealed | (adjective) (of motor vehicles) having a coating of tar or other rustproof material applied to the underside | Synonyms: undercoated |
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| undersecretary | (noun) a secretary immediately subordinate to the head of a department of government | - |
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| undersell | (verb) sell cheaper than one's competition | Synonyms: undercut |
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| underseller | (noun) a seller that sells at a lower price than others do | - |
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| undersexed | (adjective) having a subnormal degree of sexual desire | - |
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| undershirt | (noun) a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body | Synonyms: singlet, vest |
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| undershoot | (verb) shoot short of or below (a target) | - |
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| (verb) fall short of (the runway) in a landing | - |
| undershot | (adjective) having a lower part projecting beyond the upper | Synonyms: underhung, underslung |
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| undershrub | (noun) a low shrub | - |
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| underside | (noun) the lower side of anything | Synonyms: bottom, undersurface |
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| undersign | (verb) sign at the bottom of (a document) | - |
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| undersize | (adjective) smaller than normal for its kind | Synonyms: undersized |
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| undersized | (adjective) smaller than normal for its kind | Synonyms: undersize |
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| underskirt | (noun) undergarment worn under a skirt | Synonyms: half-slip, petticoat |
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| underslung | (adjective) having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground | Synonyms: squat |
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| (adjective) having a lower part projecting beyond the upper | Synonyms: underhung, undershot |
| (adjective) supported from above especially in a vehicle having springs attached to the axle from below | - |
| undersoil | (noun) the layer of soil between the topsoil and bedrock | Synonyms: subsoil |
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| underspend | (verb) spend at less than the normal rate | - |
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| (verb) spend less than the whole of (a budget, for example) | - |
| understaffed | (adjective) inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc. | Synonyms: short-handed, short-staffed, undermanned |
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| understand | (verb) know and comprehend the nature or meaning of | - |
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| (verb) perceive (an idea or situation) mentally | Synonyms: realise, realize, see |
| (verb) believe to be the case | Synonyms: infer |
| (verb) make sense of a language | Synonyms: interpret, read, translate |
| (verb) be understanding of | Synonyms: empathise, empathize, sympathise, sympathize |
| understandability | (noun) the quality of comprehensible language or thought | Synonyms: comprehensibility |
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| understandable | (adjective) capable of being apprehended or understood | Synonyms: apprehensible, graspable, intelligible, perceivable |
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| understandably | (adverb) in an intelligible manner | Synonyms: clearly, intelligibly |
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| understanding | (adjective) characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy | - |
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| (noun) the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination | Synonyms: intellect, reason |
| (noun) the cognitive condition of someone who understands | Synonyms: apprehension, discernment, savvy |
| (noun) an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion | Synonyms: sympathy |
| (noun) the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises | Synonyms: agreement |
| understandingly | (adverb) with understanding | - |
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| understate | (verb) represent as less significant or important | Synonyms: downplay, minimise, minimize |
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| understated | (adjective) exhibiting restrained good taste | Synonyms: unostentatious, unpretentious |
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| understatement | (noun) a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said | - |
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| understeer | (noun) when a car steers less than (under) the amount commanded by the driver. | - |
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| understock | (verb) stock with less than the usual or desirable number or quantity | - |
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| understood | (adjective) fully apprehended as to purport or meaning or explanation | - |
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| (adjective) implied by or inferred from actions or statements | Synonyms: silent, tacit |
| understructure | (noun) lowest support of a structure | Synonyms: base, foot, foundation, fundament, groundwork, substructure |
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| understudy | (noun) an actor able to replace a regular performer when required | Synonyms: standby |
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| (verb) be an understudy or alternate for a role | Synonyms: alternate |
| undersurface | (noun) the lower side of anything | Synonyms: bottom, underside |
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| undertake | (verb) promise to do or accomplish | Synonyms: guarantee |
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| (verb) enter into a contractual arrangement | Synonyms: contract |
| (verb) enter upon an activity or enterprise | Synonyms: attempt, set about |
| (verb) accept as a charge | Synonyms: take in charge |
| (verb) accept as a challenge | Synonyms: tackle, take on |
| undertaker | (noun) one whose business is the management of funerals | Synonyms: funeral director, funeral undertaker, mortician |
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| undertaking | (noun) any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted | Synonyms: labor, labour, project, task |
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| (noun) the trade of a funeral director | - |
| undertide | (noun) a current below the surface of a fluid | Synonyms: undercurrent |
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| undertone | (noun) a pale or subdued color | Synonyms: tinge |
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| (noun) a subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning | Synonyms: undercurrent |
| (noun) a quiet or hushed tone of voice | - |
| undertow | (noun) the seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore | Synonyms: sea-poose, sea-purse, sea-puss, sea purse, sea puss |
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| (noun) an inclination contrary to the strongest or prevailing feeling | - |
| undervaluation | (noun) too low a value or price assigned to something | - |
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| undervalue | (verb) lose in value | Synonyms: depreciate, devaluate, devalue |
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| (verb) assign too low a value to | Synonyms: underestimate |
| (verb) esteem lightly | - |
| underwater | (adjective) growing or remaining under water | Synonyms: subaquatic, subaqueous, submerged, submersed |
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| (adjective) beneath the surface of the water | Synonyms: submerged, submersed |
| underway | (adjective) currently in progress | Synonyms: afoot |
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| underwear | (noun) undergarment worn next to the skin and under the outer garments | Synonyms: underclothes, underclothing |
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| underweight | (adjective) being very thin | Synonyms: boney, bony, scraggly, scraggy, scrawny, skinny, weedy |
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| underwing | (noun) moth having dull forewings and brightly colored hind wings | - |
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| underwood | (noun) the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest | Synonyms: underbrush, undergrowth |
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| underworld | (noun) (religion) the world of the dead | Synonyms: Hades, Hell, infernal region, netherworld, Scheol |
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| (noun) the criminal class | - |
| underwrite | (verb) protect by insurance | Synonyms: cover, insure |
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| (verb) guarantee financial support of | Synonyms: subvent, subvention |
| underwriter | (noun) a financial institution that sells insurance | Synonyms: insurance company, insurance firm, insurance underwriter, insurer |
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| (noun) a banker who deals chiefly in underwriting new securities | Synonyms: investment banker |
| (noun) an agent who sells insurance | Synonyms: general agent, insurance agent, insurance broker |
| unhindered | (adjective) not slowed or blocked or interfered with | Synonyms: unhampered |
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| ununderstandably | (adverb) in an unintelligible manner | Synonyms: unintelligibly |
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| ununderstood | (adjective) not understood | - |
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| vender | (noun) someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money | Synonyms: marketer, seller, trafficker, vendor |
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| viewfinder | (noun) optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest | Synonyms: finder, view finder |
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| wander | (verb) lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking | Synonyms: digress, divagate, stray |
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| (verb) move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment | Synonyms: cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond |
| (verb) to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course | Synonyms: meander, thread, weave, wind |
| (verb) go via an indirect route or at no set pace | - |
| (verb) be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage | Synonyms: betray, cheat, cheat on, cuckold |
| wanderer | (noun) a computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine | Synonyms: spider |
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| (noun) someone who leads a wandering unsettled life | Synonyms: bird of passage, roamer, rover |
| wandering | (adjective) of a path e.g. | Synonyms: meandering, rambling, winding |
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| (adjective) having no fixed course | Synonyms: erratic, planetary |
| (adjective) migratory | Synonyms: mobile, nomadic, peregrine, roving |
| (noun) travelling about without any clear destination | Synonyms: roving, vagabondage |
| wanderlust | (noun) very strong or irresistible impulse to travel | Synonyms: itchy feet |
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| waterfinder | (noun) forked stick that is said to dip down to indicate underground water or oil | Synonyms: divining rod, dowser, dowsing rod, water finder |
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| weekender | (noun) a small suitcase to carry clothing and accessories for a weekend trip | - |
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| (noun) someone who vacations on a weekend | - |
| winder | (noun) mechanical device around which something can be wound | - |
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| (noun) mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock) | Synonyms: key |
| (noun) a worker who winds (e.g., a winch or clock or other mechanism) | - |
| withstander | (noun) an opponent who resists with force or resolution | - |
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| (noun) a fighter who holds out against attack | Synonyms: defender |
| wonder | (noun) a state in which you want to learn more about something | Synonyms: curiosity |
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| (noun) something that causes feelings of wonder | Synonyms: marvel |
| (noun) the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising | Synonyms: admiration, wonderment |
| (verb) have a wish or desire to know something | Synonyms: enquire, inquire |
| (verb) place in doubt or express doubtful speculation | Synonyms: question |
| (verb) be amazed at | Synonyms: marvel |
| wonderberry | (noun) improved garden variety of black nightshade having small edible orange or black berries | Synonyms: garden huckleberry, Solanum burbankii, Solanum melanocerasum, Solanum nigrum guineese, sunberry |
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| wonderer | (noun) someone filled with admiration and awe; someone who wonders at something | Synonyms: marveller |
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| (noun) someone who is curious about something | - |
| wonderful | (adjective) extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers | Synonyms: fantastic, grand, howling, marvellous, marvelous, phenomenal, rattling, terrific, tremendous, wondrous |
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| wonderfully | (adverb) (used as an intensifier) excellently | Synonyms: marvellously, marvelously, superbly, terrifically, toppingly, wondrous, wondrously |
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| wonderfulness | (noun) admirable excellence | Synonyms: admirability, admirableness |
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| wondering | (adjective) showing curiosity | Synonyms: inquisitive, questioning, speculative |
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| wonderingly | (adverb) in a curious and questioning manner | Synonyms: questioningly |
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| wonderland | (noun) an imaginary realm of marvels or wonders | - |
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| (noun) a place or scene of great or strange beauty or wonder | - |
| wonderment | (noun) the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising | Synonyms: admiration, wonder |
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| wonderworking | (adjective) performing or able to perform wonders or miracles | - |
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| wordfinder | (noun) a thesaurus organized to help you find the word you want but cannot think of | Synonyms: word finder |
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| yonder | (adjective) distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal) | Synonyms: yon |
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| (adverb) at or in an indicated (usually distant) place (`yon' is archaic and dialectal) | Synonyms: yon |