underkill

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English

Etymology

From under- +‎ kill.

Pronunciation

noun
verb

Noun

underkill (uncountable)

  1. (manufacturing) Insufficient disposal because of inadequate inspection criteria.
  2. (military) The situation where a weapon does too little destruction, or less than it potentially could.

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Verb

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

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

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