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underexpress

verb

To express less than normally.

Opposite

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Meanings

verbunderexpress (third-person singular simple present underexpresses, present participle underexpressing, simple past and past participle underexpressed)

present singular third person underexpresses · participle present underexpressing · participle past underexpressed · past underexpressed

To express less than normally.
In each of the triads, one type overexpresses the characteristic faculty of the triad, another underexpresses it and the third is most out of touch with it.
1999, Anthony Falikowski, Mastering Human Relations, page 414
Antonyms: overexpress

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo express less than normally.

Opposite

Origin

From under- + express.

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Cite this entry

APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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