Meaning of undersee | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To see or look under or below; see below the surface of.
   transitive
2. To look intently into; examine; inspect.
   transitive
3. To neglect; fail to see properly or adequately; turn a blind eye to; ignore.
   transitive

Examples

“Newfoundland guides, trying to point⟳ out to a fisherman a salmon in the water, may say⟳: "You have⟳ to undersee the shine⟳." Ken has a remarkable ability to "undersee the shine⟳." He is not deceived by surfaces.”

“At these less visible but still crucial levels, a substantial military presence would appear⟳ to have⟳ strengthened the capacity of the government to implement policy, by toughening the chain of command and by enabling officers to play⟳ watchdog roles "underseeing" civilian ministers.”

“But he didn't read⟳ books; he only oversaw, or undersaw, the niggling details of their mass production.”

“Damien took an alternate route to oversee⟳ (or, more accurately, undersee) the execution of his dirty work⟳.”

“Perhaps I was too fond of him at one time—perhaps too fond still—to be entirely fair to his work⟳—Perhaps “oversaw” it formerly—when he potentially lived in me—& “undersee” it now when I am impatient with all tricks [...]”

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