underoperate

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verb

To perform too few surgical operations.

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Meanings

verbunderoperate (third-person singular simple present underoperates, present participle underoperating, simple past and past participle underoperated)

present singular third person underoperates · participle present underoperating · participle past underoperated · past underoperated

  1. To perform too few surgical operations.

Origin

From under- + operate.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

endoaperture
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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