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undermaintain

verb

Etymology

From under- + maintain.

  1. derived from manū
  2. derived from manuteneo
  3. derived from maintenir
  4. inherited from mayntenen
  5. formed as undermaintain — “under- + maintain”

Definitions

  1. To maintain inadequately

    To maintain inadequately; to allow to fall into disrepair.

    • For some years locomotives and coaches have been overworked and undermaintained to a degree without precedent in British railway history, and the leeway in maintenance now to be made up is very great.
    • The cracking sound, he explained, as far as I, a non-plumber, could understand, was the sound of the overworked, undermaintained and weirdly installed heating unit’s core rupturing and spilling water into the basement.

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