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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How to use underdo in a sentence
It is distinctly unhealthful either to overdo or to underdo work, play, rest, or sleep.
How to Live | Irving Fisher and Eugene FiskA young fellow should be ambitious to shine in everything—and, of the two, always rather overdo than underdo.
The PG Edition of Chesterfield's Letters to His Son | The Earl of ChesterfieldA young fellow should be ambitious to shine in everything; and, of the two, rather overdo than underdo.
A Letter Book | George SaintsburyThe English overdo or underdo everything, and are either drunk or in despair.
Winterslow | William HazlittWith all their attention, however, they sometimes overdo the business, and sometimes underdo it.
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