underblame

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verb

To blame insufficiently; to absolve.

Opposite
overblame
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Meanings

verbunderblame (third-person singular simple present underblames, present participle underblaming, simple past and past participle underblamed)

present singular third person underblames · participle present underblaming · participle past underblamed · past underblamed

  1. transitiveTo blame insufficiently; to absolve.

    But in respect to the emotional crippling of children it seems to me that women have been overblamed for the kinds of mothers they make, and underblamed for the failure of their marriages.

    1968, Cynthia Propper Seton, A Special and Curious Blessing, New York, N.Y.: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., page 22

    Antonyms: overblame

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo blame insufficiently; to absolve.

Opposite
overblame

Origin

From under- + blame.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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