Meanings
adjectiveundereffective (comparative more undereffective, superlative most undereffective)
comparative more undereffective · superlative most undereffective
- Not effective enough.
The bullpen, overworked and undereffective in the first month, contributed three scoreless innings as five relief pitchers worked as if they were sprinters handing off a baton in a relay race.
2007 May 10, Joe Lapointe, “Yanks Work Through Problems to Get Back to .500”, in New York Times
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*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Italic*eks
- Latinex
- Latinex-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁k-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁kyéti
- Proto-Italic*θakjō
- Proto-Italic*fakjō
- Latinfaciō
- Latinefficiō
- Latineffectīvu
- Frencheffectif
- Englisheffective
- Englishundereffective
Cite this entry
APA
undereffective. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undereffective
MLA
“undereffective.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undereffective. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undereffective,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undereffective.
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