underventilated

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adjective

Insufficiently ventilated.

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Meanings

adjectiveunderventilated (comparative more underventilated, superlative most underventilated)

comparative more underventilated · superlative most underventilated

  1. Insufficiently ventilated.

    But when the Beastie Boys played Central Park SummerStage on Wednesday night, Mike D (a k a Michael Diamond) made a point of complaining, or bragging, about his slow ride uptown on an underventilated A train.

    2007 August 10, Nate Chinen, “Giving the Hometown Fans a Dose of Classic Hometown Hip-Hop”, in New York Times

Origin

From under- + ventilated.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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