underbounded

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English[edit]

Verb[edit]

underbounded

  1. simple past and past participle of underbound

Adjective[edit]

underbounded (comparative more underbounded, superlative most underbounded)

  1. Having insufficient boundaries.
    • 1983, Barry Alan Farber, Stress and Burnout in the Human Service Professions, page 151:
      In underbounded systems people feel fragmented and isolated.
    • 2010, Clayton Alderfer, The Practice of Organizational Diagnosis: Theory and Methods, →ISBN:
      In an underbounded focal group, members feel chaotic, disorganized, dissatisfied, and ineffectual.
    • 2013, Elliot Greene, Barbara Goodrich-Dunn, The Psychology of the Body, →ISBN, page 172:
      Conversely, underbounded people often identify with everyone but themselves.