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underargue

verb

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- Latin arguōder. Old French arguerbor. Middle English arguen English argue English underargue From under- + argue.

  1. derived from arguen English argue English underargue From under- + argue
  2. derived from arguerbor
  3. derived from *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- Latin arguōder✻

Definitions

  1. To argue inadequately.

    • Innovative ideas that are underargued — and we have seen that innovative ideas often will be underargued — have little chance of being accepted

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for underargue. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA