undersaturated

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adjective

Insufficiently saturated

OriginEnglish saturated ← Middle English under- ← Old English under- →
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Meanings

adjectiveundersaturated (comparative more undersaturated, superlative most undersaturated)

comparative more undersaturated · superlative most undersaturated

  1. Insufficiently saturated
  2. geography(of igneous rock) Having minerals without free silica

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
  7. Proto-Germanic*under
  8. Proto-West Germanic*undar
  9. Old Englishunder-
  10. Middle Englishunder-
  11. Englishunder-
  12. Englishsaturated
  13. Englishundersaturated

From under- + saturated.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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