undershift

Meanings

1. An unfitted undergarment that covers the torso.
2. The strategy or act of positioning defensive players extra far toward the offense's weak side.
3. The amount of displacement in the layers in a crystal lattice that places the layers too close together.
4. A misalignment resulting from failure to shift gears far enough.
5. A change that results in something being not being moved far enough or too few things being moved.
6. An underhang caused by seismic shift.

1. To position defensive players too far in a particular direction.
2. To undershoot when changing gears.
3. To move too small an amount or not to move something far enough.
4. To raise the price to consumers by less than an underlying cost increase that results from rising taxes.

Etymology

From under- + shift.