Meaning of underoxygenated | Babel Free
Definitions
- Having insufficient oxygen.
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Lacking vitality; lackluster. figuratively
Examples
“This concept assumes that all underoxygenated blood in the arteries comes from a true shunt, a passage through the lungs with no oxygenation.”
“We speculate that applying pressure to an underoxygenated sample of YBa₂Cu₃O_(7-y) with oxygen defects may reduce the time that the sample needs to be annealed at room temperature to cause a given T_c increase.”
“Researchers are reporting what I've long suspected—that most people are underoxygenated all day long.”
“Very obvious diacetyl flavor may indicate other problems, such as extremely warm fermentation temperatures, unhealthy yeast, underoxygenated wort, or bacterial contamination.”
“Excessive irrigation may lead to root hypoxia (underoxygenated) or anoxic (no oxygen) conditions (Vartapetian et al., 2014) resulting in physiological stress responses in the plant.”
“Near-synonyms: anemic, enervated”
“Louis by this time was eighteen, of medium height, as thin as all overworked, underfed, underoxygenated Lycée boys, with large gray eyes that were rarely raised, a long pale face, a long thin nose, a small thin-lipped mouth.”
“The moments when a maturing Swain retreated from Jeremy Irons' embrace into a girly giggle were as chilling as any horror-movie scene, but also a funny blast of fresh air in Lyne's underoxygenated morality play.”
“He finds, not “demigods” but “ a combative group of exhausted, drunken, broken, petty, partisan, scheming, squabbling, bloviating, sensory-deprived, underoxygenated, fed-up, talked-out, overheated delegates so distraught they threatened violence, secession.”
“'Right now, you look very ... underoxygenated,' Perdu heard Max Jordan's voice say.”
“Possibly her sheer pretentiousness, or that she knew everything about everything, or maybe because she treated her reporters like underoxygenated platypies.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.