understrength

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adjective

Lacking in number (of a military unit, sport team, etc.)

OriginEnglish strength ← Middle English under- ← Old English under- →
Scrabble 18
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Meanings

adjectiveunderstrength (comparative more understrength, superlative most understrength)

comparative more understrength · superlative most understrength

  1. Lacking in number (of a military unit, sport team, etc.)
  2. Lacking in strength or durability (of a material or structure)

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. Englishstrength
  13. Englishunderstrength

From under- + strength.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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