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underpunctuation

noun

Etymology

From under- + punctuation.

  1. borrowed from punctuātiō — “a marking with points, a writing, agreement”
  2. prefixed as underpunctuation — “under + punctuation”

Definitions

  1. Insufficient punctuation.

    • The trend of good writing is toward underpunctuation. Or, rather, if writing needs an array of marks, like an assortment of golf clubs, it is a sign that the writer’s method is becoming too involved.
    • Overpunctuation is just as bad as underpunctuation. Therefore if you either omit a needed mark or insert a mark that is not needed, the sentence is wrong.
    • Do you approve this punctuation? Inspect the punctuation of the whole composition. On the whole, is it good? Does the writer err on the side of underpunctuation or overpunctuation?

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for underpunctuation. 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