undertaxed

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adjective

Taxed at less than an appropriate level

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

adjectiveundertaxed (comparative more undertaxed, superlative most undertaxed)

comparative more undertaxed · superlative most undertaxed

  1. Taxed at less than an appropriate level

    “Mexico is an undertaxed country, not an overtaxed country,” said Damian Fraser, the head of Latin America research at UBS Securities in Mexico City.

    2007 September 15, Elisabeth Malkin, “Mexico Enacts a Tax-Overhaul Bill”, in New York Times

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. Englishtaxed
  13. Englishundertaxed

From under- + taxed.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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