underpunctuated

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adjective

Having insufficient punctuation.

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Meanings

underpunctuated1

adjectiveunderpunctuated (comparative more underpunctuated, superlative most underpunctuated)

comparative more underpunctuated · superlative most underpunctuated

  1. Having insufficient punctuation.

    Before “Come Clean,” also known as the theme song for the MTV reality drama “Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County,” she made a characteristically dispassionate (and, it seemed, underpunctuated) request for audience participation: “Hey you guys know this song help me sing O.K.”

    2007 August 29, Kelefa Sanneh, “Amid All the Cheers, a Few Signs of Change”, in New York Times

underpunctuated2

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of underpunctuate

Origin

underpunctuated · adjective

From under- + punctuated.

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underpunctuated · verb

From underpunctuate + -ed.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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