underventilated

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English

Etymology

From under- +‎ ventilated.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

underventilated (comparative more underventilated, superlative most underventilated)

  1. Insufficiently ventilated.
    Coordinate term: underperfused
    • 2007 August 10, Nate Chinen, “Giving the Hometown Fans a Dose of Classic Hometown Hip-Hop”, in New York Times:
      But when the Beastie Boys played Central Park SummerStage on Wednesday night, Mike D (a k a Michael Diamond) made a point of complaining, or bragging, about his slow ride uptown on an underventilated A train.