underdose (plural underdoses)
An inadequate dose (of a medication).
(figuratively) An inadequate amount of something.
underdose (third-person singular simple present underdoses, present participle underdosing, simple past and past participle underdosed)
(transitive, intransitive) To administer an inadequate dose (to someone or to oneself).
(transitive) To administer an inadequate dose of (a medication).
(figuratively, intransitive) To use a scant or inadequate amount of an ingredient or product.
• overdose
• resounded, underdoes
Source: Wiktionary
Un"der*dose`, n.
Definition: A dose which is less than required; a small or insufficient dose.
Un`der*dose", v. t. & i.
Definition: To give an underdose or underdoses to; to practice giving insufficient doses.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 May 2025
(adverb) at some indefinite or unstated time; “let’s get together sometime”; “everything has to end sometime”; “It was to be printed sometime later”
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