Pronunciations (2)
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/ˌʌndəˈɹiːd/
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/ˌʌndəˈɹɛd/
Verb
To read below what is normal, usual, or expected, or with less competency, alertness, ability, etc.
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You underread the law--I merely commented that, from the vague information you gave, it's possible you weren't so clean yourself. Even if your actions weren't illegal, they were still, in my opinion, objectionable.
>>> You're underthinking it. […] You underREAD my original post! :> In particular: […]
To read to a lesser degree.
Usage- Transitive
Adjective
Read to a lesser degree; insufficiently read.
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-Wake-up call to the offense? Hello....offense! Anybody home? I have a feeling Coach Richt has heard the footsteps, and will turn to some of the underread pages in the playbook. (I hope!)
And if you are a good novelist but a shitty short fiction writer, spending five years sending out short stories to a shrinking collection of underread and dying markets won't be getting you any credentials anyway.
More obscure than posting flames on an underread internet newsgroup? I'd have thought he'd bottomed out here. ;-)
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Some stuff that hasn't been mentioned yet that I'd love to see: […] The Atom (particularly the underread and underrated "Search for Jean Loring" storyline, though that'd have to wait for volume two)
Mr. Cobb do note that "Pastor" (caugh hack) winter does this little trick with his followups so when you post it goes to an underread group. Winter cant hack an honest debate.
The Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award was initiated in 2001, and to date has handed out nineteen awards to honor underread science fiction and fantasy authors. Five of those awards (26%) have gone to women.
Having read below what is normal, usual, or expected, or with less competency, alertness, ability, etc.
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He can't be too old. His comments indicate a person who is underread just enough to be dangerous.
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I've seen this article before. It didn't impress me then and it doesn't impress me now. It's based on the assumption of a literally true Genesis, and attempts to wind its conclusions around to fit the idea of a literally true Genesis. And to an underread layman, it MIGHT work.
You really are an underread cultural chump, aren't you, Jafo ?