underread

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To read below what is normal, usual, or expected, or with less competency, alertness,…

   To read below what is normal, usual, or expected, or with less competency, alertness, ability, etc.

   • You underread the law--I merely commented that, from the vague information you gave, it's possible you weren't so clean yourself. Even if your actions weren't illegal, they were still, in my opinion, objectionable.
   • >>> You're underthinking it. […] You underREAD my original post! :> In particular: […]
2. 2

   To read to a lesser degree.

3. 3

   simple past and past participle of underread

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   1. 4

      Read to a lesser degree

      Read to a lesser degree; insufficiently read.

      • -Wake-up call to the offense? Hello....offense! Anybody home? I have a feeling Coach Richt has heard the footsteps, and will turn to some of the underread pages in the playbook. (I hope!)
      • And if you are a good novelist but a shitty short fiction writer, spending five years sending out short stories to a shrinking collection of underread and dying markets won't be getting you any credentials anyway.
      • More obscure than posting flames on an underread internet newsgroup? I'd have thought he'd bottomed out here. ;-)
   2. 5

      Having read below what is normal, usual, or expected, or with less competency, alertness,…

      Having read below what is normal, usual, or expected, or with less competency, alertness, ability, etc.

      • He can't be too old. His comments indicate a person who is underread just enough to be dangerous.
      • You really are an underread cultural chump, aren't you, Jafo ?

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