underween

U1N1D2E1R1W4E1E1N1

verb

To undervalue.

Scrabble 13

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verbunderween (third-person singular simple present underweens, present participle underweening, simple past and past participle underweened)

present singular third person underweens · participle present underweening · participle past underweened · past underweened

  1. nonstandardraretransitiveTo undervalue.

    You'd better underween.

    1977, Cornell University, Epoch: Volumes 27-28
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    ...in this Commandment is forbidden too high a conceit or esteem of ourselves, and so also is too mean a conceit, in underweening the good things that be in ourselves,

    1837, Edward Fisher, Thomas Boston, The Marrow of Modern Divinity: In Two Parts, page 290

    Really? I thought Dubya was underweened.

    2006 April 25, Sanity, “A prayer for freedom from religion”, in alt.gathering.rainbow (Usenet)

    Harrison has little to offer, but comparatively underweens.

    2012 January 12, tony cooper, “"Apothegmbusters4" - Nod = Wink to Blind Man”, in alt.philosophy (Usenet)

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APA

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Chicago

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