Meanings
nounundervote (plural undervotes)
plural undervotes
- A vote that has been cast but that shows no legally valid preference for a candidate in an election.
- A vote that has been cast which shows fewer preferences than permitted or expected. (For example, if a ballot allows the voter to vote for mayor and councillor, but the voter has only voted for mayor, leaving the councillor section blank.)
- The number of such votes in an election.
verbundervote (third-person singular simple present undervotes, present participle undervoting, simple past and past participle undervoted)
present singular third person undervotes · participle present undervoting · participle past undervoted · past undervoted
- governmentTo spoil a ballot by marking it for fewer choices than mandated by the rules.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
- Proto-Germanic*under
- Proto-West Germanic*undar
- Old Englishunder-
- Middle Englishunder-
- Englishunder-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁wegʷʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁wogʷʰéyeti
- Proto-Italic*woɣʷeō
- Proto-Italic*woɣʷetos
- Proto-Italic*wowitos
- Latinvōtus
- Latinvōtum
- Englishvote
- Englishundervote
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Cite this entry
APA
undervote. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undervote
MLA
“undervote.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undervote. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undervote,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undervote.
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