Etymology

underfiring

un·der·fir·ing
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underfiring · noun1

From under- (prefix meaning ‘beneath; insufficient’) + firing, or underfire + -ing (suffix forming nouns from verbs denoting the act of doing something, an action, or the embodiment of an action).

underfiring · verb2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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