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undergain

verb

Etymology

From under- + gain.

  1. derived from *waiþiz✻
  2. derived from *waiþanōn✻
  3. derived from gaaing
  4. derived from gain
  5. derived from *ḱóm✻
  6. derived from *ga-✻
  7. derived from *gagana✻
  8. derived from *gagną✻
  9. derived from gagn
  10. inherited from gayn
  11. prefixed as undergain — “under + gain”

Definitions

  1. To gain too much.

    • to undergain weight during bodybuilding

  2. To apply too little gain to (a signal).

  3. Insufficient gain.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for undergain. 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