underneutralize

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verb

To make less neutral than required or expected, or (chemistry) closer to the neutral pH value without reaching it.

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Meanings

verbunderneutralize (third-person singular simple present underneutralizes, present participle underneutralizing, simple past and past participle underneutralized)

present singular third person underneutralizes · participle present underneutralizing · participle past underneutralized · past underneutralized

  1. transitiveTo make less neutral than required or expected, or (chemistry) closer to the neutral pH value without reaching it.

    The electrons overneutralize and underneutralize the beam.

    2013, Stanley Humphries, Charged Particle Beams, page 506

Origin

From under- + neutralize.

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APA

underneutralize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underneutralize

MLA

“underneutralize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underneutralize. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underneutralize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underneutralize.

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