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under-
pref.
1. Beneath or below in position: underground.
2. Inferior or subordinate in rank or importance: undersecretary.
3. Less in degree, rate, or quantity than normal or proper: undersized.

[Middle English, from Old English; see dher- in Indo-European roots.]

under-
prefix
1. below or beneath underarm underground
2. of lesser importance or lower rank undersecretary
3. to a lesser degree than is proper; insufficient or insufficiently undercharge underemployed
4. indicating secrecy or deception underhand
Translations
under- [ˈʌndəʳ] PREFIX
1. (= insufficiently) → poco, insuficientemente
under-preparedpoco or insuficientemente preparado
2. (= less than) an under-15 (= child) → un menor de 15 años
the Spanish under-21 teamla selección española sub-21
3. [part etc] → bajo, inferior; [clothing] → interior; (in rank) → subalterno, segundo
the under-cookel/la cocinero/a ayudante or auxiliar
under- [ˈʌndər-] prefix
(= insufficiently) → sous-
underpriced → sous-évalué(e)
undercooked → pas assez cuit(e)
(= lower in rank) → sous-
undermanager → sous-directeur
under-
pref
(in rank) → Unter-; for the under-twelves/-eighteens/-fortiesfür Kinder unter zwölf/Jugendliche unter achtzehn/Leute unter vierzig
(= insufficiently)zu wenig, ungenügend


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