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Meaning of underaction | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
ˌʌndəɹˈækʃən

Definitions

  1. subplot; a minor event incidental or subsidiary to the main story.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
  2. Inefficient action.
    countable, uncountable

Examples

“The least and most trivial episodes or underactions […] are parts necessary or convenient to carry on the main design.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

underactivation underactive thyroid underactivity underactor Underacts underactuation

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