underexposure

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noun

The condition of being underexposed.

OriginEnglish exposure ← Middle English under- ← Old English under- →
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Meanings

noununderexposure (countable and uncountable, plural underexposures)

plural underexposures

  1. countableuncountableThe condition of being underexposed.
  2. countableuncountableAn insufficient, or less than usual, exposure.

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. Englishexposure
  13. Englishunderexposure

From under- + exposure.

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Translations

German Unterbelichtung
  • Unterbelichtungcondition of being underexposed
Māori huranga pore
  • huranga porecondition of being underexposed
Portuguese subexposição
  • subexposiçãocondition of being underexposed
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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