Meaning of understep | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Not to go as far as a boundary or limit.
2. To take a step that is not far enough forward.
3. To have a gait in which the hind foot touches the ground behind the point where the front foot touches the ground.

Examples

“The Questers were many, and fortunately the Answerer did not too often overstep or understep the mark.”

“For the moment I experience the conflict as suffering and bear it, I no longer really move within problematic actuality but understep it.”

“They will understep and overstep the bounds of propriety, and even of legality.”

“Either one of them overstep or understep their bounds at any one point in time.”

“If you're working on a structured question check the number of marks allocated for each part of the question and divide up your words accordingly. Finally, don't understep the word limit.”

“As an instance of this inability to control the muscles well, may be cited the almost constant tendency to understep or overstep especially with the fore legs.”

“If a sense of feeling gave him some knowledge of the width of the steps the fact that the third step was ⅝ of an inch wider could not cause him to overstep, but if it had any effect it would tend to cause him to understep.”

“Cerebellar dysfunction is characterized by truncal ataxia, a broad-based stance, dysmetria in which the limbs either overstep (hypermetria) or understep (hypometria), and tremor that is most pronounced when the animal attempts a goal-orientated movement (intention tremor).”

“As a general rule, a stag treads more cleanly than a hind, his stride is longer, the slot itself being rounder and less elongated ; while a hind or young stag understeps frequently, leaving in consequence a more or less double track.”

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