undertrain

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verb

To train less than required or normal.

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Meanings

verbundertrain (third-person singular simple present undertrains, present participle undertraining, simple past and past participle undertrained)

present singular third person undertrains · participle present undertraining · participle past undertrained · past undertrained

  1. ambitransitiveTo train less than required or normal.

    So the danger for me is that I overtrain, not undertrain.

    2015 August 7, Kate Carter, “Mara Yamauchi: 'When you go out to run, there’s just nothing better'”, in The Guardian

Origin

From under- + train.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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