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underpowered

/ ˌʌndəˈpaʊəd /

adjective

  1. lacking or low in power

    two-litre cars are underpowered

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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There were a couple of good penalties, but they were mostly dreadful- underpowered and too near the keepers.

From BBC

"Without Skelton and Valetini, Australia are underpowered and it takes away some of their super strengths," Monye, who toured South Africa with the Lions in 2009, told BBC Rugby Union Weekly.

From BBC

The Wallabies may be underpowered in the pack, but Monye says the hosts' centre pairing of Len Ikitau and Joseph Suaalii is their "X-factor".

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However Britain’s drama unfolds from here, a larger, darker pattern is at work for which Starmer and the Labour Party, inept and underpowered as they may be, are not responsible.

From Salon

His restrained direction keeps the brothers in check and underpowered.

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