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Meaning of underengined | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

having too small an engine in relation to its size.

not-comparable

Examples

“1889-1913, Rudyard Kipling, "From Sea to Sea", From Sea to Sea and Other Sketches, Letters of Travel⟳ Only under the most favorable circumstances of wind and steam can their underengined boats cover⟳ the distance in fifteen days. Our City of Peking, for instance, had been jogging along at a gentle ten knots an hour, a pace out of all proportion to her bulk.”

CEFR level

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

underenriched underenthused underentitled underequipped underestimatable underexamined

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