UNDERACT

underact, underplay

(verb) act (a role) with great restraint

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

underact (third-person singular simple present underacts, present participle underacting, simple past and past participle underacted)

To act in an understated manner or with little expressiveness

Antonyms

• overact

Anagrams

• reducant, tranduce, uncarted, uncrated, unredact, untraced

Source: Wiktionary


Un`der*act", v. t.

Definition: To perform inefficiently, as a play; to act feebly.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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BRIGHT

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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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