Undercorrect

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    to correct insufficiently

    "It has long been known that, if range restriction is indirect rather than direct, this formula will undercorrect."

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"It has long been known that, if range restriction is indirect rather than direct, this formula will undercorrect."

Etymology

From under- + correct.

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