Meanings
verbunderargue (third-person singular simple present underargues, present participle underarguing, simple past and past participle underargued)
present singular third person underargues · participle present underarguing · participle past underargued · past underargued
- transitiveTo argue inadequately.
Innovative ideas that are underargued — and we have seen that innovative ideas often will be underargued — have little chance of being accepted
2004, David Shatz, Peer Review: A Critical Inquiry, page 101
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
- Proto-Germanic*under
- Proto-West Germanic*undar
- Old Englishunder-
- Middle Englishunder-
- Englishunder-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂erǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂érǵus
- Proto-Italic*argusder.?
- Latinarguō
- Old Frencharguer
- Middle Englisharguen
- Englishargue
- Englishunderargue
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APA
underargue. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underargue
MLA
“underargue.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underargue. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underargue,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underargue.
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