underoxygenated

comparative more underoxygenated · superlative most underoxygenated

1. Having insufficient oxygen.

   Researchers are reporting what I've long suspected—that most people are underoxygenated all day long.

   2007, Robert K. Cooper, Leslie L. Cooper, Flip the Switch, Lose the Weight, page 72

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   This concept assumes that all underoxygenated blood in the arteries comes from a true shunt, a passage through the lungs with no oxygenation.

   1983, William E. Neville, Intensive Care of the Surgical Cardiopulmonary Patient, page 182

   We speculate that applying pressure to an underoxygenated sample of YBa₂Cu₃O_(7-y) with oxygen defects may reduce the time that the sample needs to be annealed at room temperature to cause a given T_c increase.

   1992, J.S. Schilling, S. Klotz, “The Influence of High Pressure on the Superconducting and Normal Properties of High Temperature Superconductors”, in Donald M Ginsberg, editor, Physical Properties Of High Temperature Superconductors III, page 123

   Very obvious diacetyl flavor may indicate other problems, such as extremely warm fermentation temperatures, unhealthy yeast, underoxygenated wort, or bacterial contamination.

   2008, Marty Nachel, Homebrewing For Dummies, page 322

   Excessive irrigation may lead to root hypoxia (underoxygenated) or anoxic (no oxygen) conditions (Vartapetian et al., 2014) resulting in physiological stress responses in the plant.

   2021, James E. Faust, John Dole, Cut Flowers and Foliages, page 281

   Antonyms: overoxygenated

2. figurativelyLacking vitality; lackluster.

   Near-synonyms: anemic, enervated

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   Louis by this time was eighteen, of medium height, as thin as all overworked, underfed, underoxygenated Lycée boys, with large gray eyes that were rarely raised, a long pale face, a long thin nose, a small thin-lipped mouth.

   1916, Gertrude Atherton, “The Sacrificial Altar”, in Harper's Monthly Magazine, volume 133, page 333

   The moments when a maturing Swain retreated from Jeremy Irons' embrace into a girly giggle were as chilling as any horror-movie scene, but also a funny blast of fresh air in Lyne's underoxygenated morality play.

   1999, Entertainment Weekly: Year Book, page 33

   He finds, not “demigods” but “ a combative group of exhausted, drunken, broken, petty, partisan, scheming, squabbling, bloviating, sensory-deprived, underoxygenated, fed-up, talked-out, overheated delegates so distraught they threatened violence, secession.

   2013, The Ultimate Daily Show and Philosophy

   'Right now, you look very ... underoxygenated,' Perdu heard Max Jordan's voice say.

   2015, Nina George, The Little Paris Bookshop

   Possibly her sheer pretentiousness, or that she knew everything about everything, or maybe because she treated her reporters like underoxygenated platypies.

   2015, Cathy Lubenski, Trashy Chic

   Synonyms: anemic, enervated

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of underoxygenate