Underinstruct

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 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

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"[…] 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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