undersense

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verb

To sense or detect to an inadequate degree.

OriginEnglish sense ← Middle English sense ← Old French sens →
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Meanings

verbundersense (third-person singular simple present undersenses, present participle undersensing, simple past and past participle undersensed)

present singular third person undersenses · participle present undersensing · participle past undersensed · past undersensed

  1. To sense or detect to an inadequate degree.
nounundersense (plural undersenses)

plural undersenses

  1. A deeper sense or meaning.

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*sent-
  13. Proto-Italic*sentiō
  14. Latinsentiō
  15. Latinsēnsu
  16. Proto-Germanic*sinnaz
  17. Frankish*sinn
  18. Vulgar Latin*sennus
  19. Old Frenchsens
  20. Middle Englishsense
  21. Englishsense
  22. Englishundersense

From under- + sense.

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Cite this entry
APA

undersense. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undersense

MLA

“undersense.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undersense. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undersense,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undersense.

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