underheat

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verb

To heat insufficiently.

“We shivered in the underheated corridor.”

Opposite
overheat
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Meanings

verbunderheat (third-person singular simple present underheats, present participle underheating, simple past and past participle underheated)

present singular third person underheats · participle present underheating · participle past underheated · past underheated

  1. transitiveTo heat insufficiently.

    We shivered in the underheated corridor.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
overheat
Also see
underwarm

Origin

From under- + heat.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with underheat

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Anagrams

unearthedunhearted
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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