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present singular third person underweens · participle present underweening · participle past underweened · past underweened
- nonstandardraretransitiveTo undervalue.
You'd better underween.
1977, Cornell University, Epoch: Volumes 27-283 more examples
...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 290Really? 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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underween. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underween
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