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underreach

verb

Etymology

From under- + reach.

  1. derived from *Hreyǵ-✻ — “to bind, reach”
  2. inherited from *raikijaną✻
  3. inherited from *raikijan✻
  4. inherited from rǣċan — “to reach”
  5. inherited from rechen
  6. prefixed as underreach — “under + reach”

Definitions

  1. To reach insufficiently far

    To reach insufficiently far; to underachieve.

    • If anything, she is underreaching with “Women From Antwerp in November, 2007,” which appears on a band of five relatively small screens.

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