underadjustment

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noun

An insufficient adjustment

OriginEnglish adjustment ← French ajustement ← Old French juste →
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Meanings

noununderadjustment (plural underadjustments)

plural underadjustments

  1. An insufficient adjustment

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
  7. Proto-Germanic*under
  8. Proto-West Germanic*undar
  9. Old Englishunder-
  10. Middle Englishunder-
  11. Englishunder-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ey-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂óyu
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂yew-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂yéwos
  16. Proto-Italic*jowos
  17. Latiniūstu
  18. Old Frenchjuste
  19. Frenchjuste
  20. Frenchajuster
  21. Frenchajustement
  22. Englishadjustment
  23. Englishunderadjustment

From under- + adjustment.

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APA

underadjustment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underadjustment

MLA

“underadjustment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underadjustment. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underadjustment,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underadjustment.

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