English Explanatory Dictionary

underinclusive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Not inclusive enough; tending to include too little.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-underinclusive.wav

Word forms

underinclusive more underinclusive most underinclusive

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w-der. Proto-Italic *klaudō Latin claudō Latin inclūdō Latin inclūsus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Medieval Latin inclūsīvusder. Middle French inclusifder. English inclusive English underinclusive From under- + inclusive.

Related words

underinclusiveness

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