underengined

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adjective

having too small an engine in relation to its size.

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Meanings

adjectiveunderengined (not comparable)
  1. not comparablehaving too small an engine in relation to its size.
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    1889-1913, Rudyard Kipling, "From Sea to Sea", From Sea to Sea and Other Sketches, Letters of Travel Only under the most favorable circumstances of wind and steam can their underengined boats cover the distance in fifteen days. Our City of Peking, for instance, had been jogging along at a gentle ten knots an hour, a pace out of all proportion to her bulk.

Origin

From under- + engined.

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APA

underengined. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underengined

MLA

“underengined.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underengined. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underengined,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underengined.

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