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underdo
[ uhn-der-doo ]
verb (used with or without object)
, un·der·did, un·der·done, un·der·do·ing.
- to do less or in a lesser fashion than is usual or requisite.
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It is distinctly unhealthful either to overdo or to underdo work, play, rest, or sleep.
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A young fellow should be ambitious to shine in everything—and, of the two, always rather overdo than underdo.
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A young fellow should be ambitious to shine in everything; and, of the two, rather overdo than underdo.
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The English overdo or underdo everything, and are either drunk or in despair.
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With all their attention, however, they sometimes overdo the business, and sometimes underdo it.
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