underexplain

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ explain.

Pronunciation

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Verb

underexplain (third-person singular simple present underexplains, present participle underexplaining, simple past and past participle underexplained)

  1. To provide an insufficient explanation
    • 2009 January 4, Peter Keepnews, “A Love Supreme”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      Then again, overexplaining is better than underexplaining.

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