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The same board papers detailed other serious incidents, including at Peterborough City Hospital, where 21 patients received an underdose of radiation treatment for cancers between June 2021 and May 2022.

From BBC • Sep. 22, 2022

Creating the homemade equivalent of an EpiPen or Sovaldi involves deadly perils — contamination, overdose, and underdose — that even compounding pharmacies sometimes struggle with.

From Scientific American • Oct. 13, 2017

An underdose allows the targeted cancer to grow, while an overdose can burn and cause organ damage.

From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2010

That is because TV obviously suffers from a severe underdose of talent.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Seems as though sometimes I get an overdose of feeling, and an underdose of sense."

From The Lost Wagon by Kjelgaard, James Arthur