underexpression

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noun

Insufficient or abnormally low expression

“your underexpression of passion”

OriginEnglish expression ← Middle English under- ← Old English under- →
Scrabble 25
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Meanings

noununderexpression (countable and uncountable, plural underexpressions)

plural underexpressions

  1. countableuncountableInsufficient or abnormally low expression

    your underexpression of passion

    1 more example

    the underexpression of certain genes

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. Englishexpression
  13. Englishunderexpression

From under- + expression.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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