Updrainage

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Upstream in the direction of drainage.

    "The likely reason that the plant went belly up at that site was that a housing development went in updrainage of the site."

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"The likely reason that the plant went belly up at that site was that a housing development went in updrainage of the site."

Etymology

From up- + drainage.

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