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underseek

verb

Etymology

From Middle English underseken, onderseken (also undersechen), from Old English undersēcan (“to investigate, examine”), equivalent to under- + seek. Cognate with West Frisian ûndersykje (“to research”), Dutch onderzoeken (“to investigate, probe, examine”), German untersuchen (“to examine, investigate, explore”).

  1. inherited from undersecan
  2. inherited from underseken

Definitions

  1. To examine

    To examine; explore; investigate.

    • Hans parted his lips. "Underseeking your customs was the Kratzer's great work, and I have the sentence in my head that this example will please him. Perhaps.

  2. To spend too little time or effort in seeking.

    • Bindman et al. (1995) found that there is little propensity to underseek care for serious conditions indicating that need can be a substantial motive for the use ^([sic]) health care services.

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