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Meaning of undermaintain | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To maintain inadequately; to allow to fall into disrepair.

transitive

Examples

“For some years locomotives and coaches have⟳ been overworked and undermaintained to a degree without precedent in British railway history, and the leeway in maintenance now to be made up is very great.”
“The cracking sound⟳, he explained, as far as I, a non-plumber, could understand⟳, was the sound⟳ of the overworked, undermaintained and weirdly installed heating unit’s core rupturing and spilling water into the basement.”

CEFR level

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

undermaintained undermaintaining undermaintains underman undermanage undermanaged

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