| 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 |
| undescended | (adjective) (of the testis) remaining in the abdomen instead of descending into the scrotum | - |
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| undescriptive | (adjective) not successful in describing | - |
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| undeserved | (adjective) not deserved or earned | - |
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| undeservedly | (adverb) in an unmerited manner | - |
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| undeserving | (adjective) not deserving | Synonyms: unworthy |
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| undesigned | (adjective) not done or made or performed with purpose or intent | - |
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| undesirability | (noun) the quality possessed by something that should be avoided | - |
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| undesirable | (adjective) not wanted | Synonyms: unwanted |
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| (adjective) not worthy of being chosen (especially as a spouse) | Synonyms: unsuitable |
| (noun) one whose presence is undesirable | - |
| undesirably | (adverb) in an undesirable manner | Synonyms: unwantedly |
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| undesired | (adjective) not desired | Synonyms: unsought |
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| undesiring | (adjective) having or feeling no desire | Synonyms: undesirous |
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| undesirous | (adjective) having or feeling no desire | Synonyms: undesiring |
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| undestroyable | (adjective) very long lasting | Synonyms: durable, indestructible, perdurable |
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| (adjective) not capable of being destroyed | - |
| undetectable | (adjective) barely able to be perceived | Synonyms: indiscernible, insensible |
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| (adjective) not easily seen | - |
| undetected | (adjective) not perceived or discerned | - |
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| undeterminable | (adjective) not capable of being definitely decided or ascertained | Synonyms: indeterminable |
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| undetermined | (adjective) not yet having been ascertained or determined | - |
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| (adjective) not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance | Synonyms: indeterminate |
| (adjective) not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought | Synonyms: open, undecided, unresolved |
| undeterred | (adjective) not deterred | Synonyms: undiscouraged |
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| undeveloped | (adjective) not developed, mature, or fully formulated | - |
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| (adjective) not developed, improved, exploited or used | Synonyms: unexploited |
| undeviating | (adjective) going directly ahead from one point to another without veering or turning aside | Synonyms: unswerving |
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| (adjective) used of values and principles; not subject to change; steady | - |
| unfounded | (adjective) without a basis in reason or fact | Synonyms: baseless, groundless, idle, unwarranted, wild |
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| unfunded | (adjective) not furnished with funds | - |
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| unsounded | (adjective) situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed | Synonyms: profound, unfathomed, unplumbed |
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| (adjective) not made to sound | Synonyms: silent |
| ununderstandably | (adverb) in an unintelligible manner | Synonyms: unintelligibly |
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| ununderstood | (adjective) not understood | - |
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| unwounded | (adjective) not wounded | - |
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| wounded | (adjective) suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle | Synonyms: hurt |
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| (noun) people who are wounded | Synonyms: maimed |