Underwarm

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To warm insufficiently; To fail to provide with the expected or required amount of heat. transitive

    "Near-synonym: underheat"

  2. 2
    To heat from below. transitive

    "But I have been unable to recommend the appointment of the former on account of the rule introduced by the circular of the 14th of January 1854, —that no pupil-teacher should be allowed in schools where the floors were not either boarded or underwarmed."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Insufficiently warm.

    "Overdressed and underwarm. But when the boss gives me an assignment, I go."

Synonyms

All synonyms
underheatunderheated

Example

More examples

"Some workers, now underpaid, underfed, underwarmed, and badly clothed, would quickly respond to improved conditions and pay, and would in a short time become really more efficient."

Etymology

From under- + warm.

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