Meaning

1 senses

  1. To give insufficient protection to.

Origin

From under- + protect.

From under- + protect.

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Forms

underprotects, underprotecting, underprotected, underprotected
Base formunderprotect · to underprotect
3rd person singularunderprotects
Present participleunderprotecting
Past simpleunderprotected
Past participleunderprotected

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyunderprotect
he, she, itunderprotects

Past simpleLesson

all personsunderprotected

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill underprotect

Synonyms

1 synonyms
underdefend

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
underpayunderpinunderprivilegedunderrateunderreportunderrepresent
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