UNDERKILL

Etymology

Noun

underkill (uncountable)

(manufacturing) Insufficient disposal because of inadequate inspection criteria.

(military) The situation where a weapon does too little destruction, or less than it potentially could.

Antonyms

• overkill

Verb

underkill (third-person singular simple present underkills, present participle underkilling, simple past and past participle underkilled)

(manufacturing) To dispose of too few items because of inadequate inspection criteria.

Antonyms

• overkill

Source: Wiktionary



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