English Explanatory Dictionary

underproduce

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To produce less than normal, or less than needed

Pronunciation

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

Word forms

underproduce underproduces underproducing underproduced

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 *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcōder. Middle English produce English produce English underproduce From under- + produce.

Related words

underproducer

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