Underinstruct
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To provide (someone) with insufficient instruction. transitive
"[…] an overenthusiastic and underinstructed loading crew of Germans had stuffed his three-and-a-half-ton-capacity ship with seven and a half tons of cargo."
Example
More examples"[…] an overenthusiastic and underinstructed loading crew of Germans had stuffed his three-and-a-half-ton-capacity ship with seven and a half tons of cargo."
Etymology
From under- + instruct.
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