undersave

U1N1D2E1R1S1A1V4E1

verb

To save too little money.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

verbundersave (third-person singular simple present undersaves, present participle undersaving, simple past and past participle undersaved)

present singular third person undersaves · participle present undersaving · participle past undersaved · past undersaved

  1. intransitiveTo save too little money.

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. Proto-Indo-European*solh₂-
  13. Proto-Italic*sal(V)wos
  14. Latinsalvus
  15. Latinsalvō
  16. Latinsalvāre
  17. Old Frenchsauver
  18. Middle Englishsaven
  19. Englishsave
  20. Englishundersave

From under- + save.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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