Meaning

1 senses

  1. To insure insufficiently.

    Since the house was underinsured, we couldn't afford to replace most of the furniture after the fire.

Origin

From under- + insure.

From under- + insure.

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Forms

underinsures, underinsuring, underinsured, underinsured
Base formunderinsure · to underinsure
3rd person singularunderinsures
Present participleunderinsuring
Past simpleunderinsured
Past participleunderinsured

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyunderinsure
he, she, itunderinsures

Past simpleLesson

all personsunderinsured

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave underinsured
he, she, ithas underinsured

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill underinsure

Word family

1 related words
Relatedunderinsurance

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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