undereat

U1N1D2E1R1E1A1T1

verb

To eat too little.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

verbundereat (third-person singular simple present undereats, present participle undereating, simple past underate, past participle undereaten)

present singular third person undereats · participle present undereating · past underate · participle past undereaten

  1. intransitiveTo eat too little.

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. Englisheat
  13. Englishundereat

From under- + eat.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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