underaverage

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

under- +‎ average

Adjective[edit]

underaverage (comparative more underaverage, superlative most underaverage)

  1. Below average.
    • 1902, Bernard Dyer, Results of Investigations on the Rothamsted Soils, page 75:
      In 1893 there was an underaverage crop and an underaverage rainfall, and therefore less than average utilization of nitrates and probably later and less complete nitrification []