Underexplain

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To provide an insufficient explanation

    "Then again, overexplaining is better than underexplaining."

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"Then again, overexplaining is better than underexplaining."

Etymology

From under- + explain.

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