underrun

American  

[uhn-der-ruhn] / ˌʌn dərˈrʌn /

verb (used with object)

underran, underrun, underrunning

1. to run, pass, or go under.

2. Nautical. to pass beneath (a stretched rope, net, etc.) in a boat or the like for the purpose of inspection or repairs.

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noun

1. something that runs or passes underneath, as a current.

2. an instance of costing or spending less than estimated.

3. a production run of a manufactured or printed item below the quantity ordered.

Etymology

Origin of underrun

First recorded in 1540–50; under- + run

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Example Sentences

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underrun underran underrunning

“We’ve underrun our 2% inflation expectation almost since we announced it in 2012.”

From Reuters ● Sep. 30, 2021

“If inflation continues to underrun target levels similar to the past six years, the downward trend in inflation expectations will likely continue,” Williams said.

From Reuters ● Jan. 9, 2020

Inflation, which fell sharply to 0.7 percent in the last quarter of 2011, will also continue to underrun the Fed's target for years to come, Williams said.

From Reuters ● Feb. 8, 2012

The Niagara put back, and the cable was "underrun" the whole distance.

From The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph by Henry M. (Henry Martyn) Field

"That 'seventeen' white pine is going to underrun," said Dyer.

From The Blazed Trail by Stewart Edward White

Cold air, moving in from the great blizzard, underran warm air in Arkansas and Louisiana and tripped off an eccentric series of tornadoes.

From Time Magazine Archive

A mild current of wanting to see Nancy underran all his days; he could control it, he decided, and to an extent he did.

From Undertow by Kathleen Thompson Norris

He spoke fast, with the uneasy tone that so often underran his words.

From The Masquerader by Katherine Cecil Thurston

It strikes me as curious now, the gravity with which this thought underran the fever and pain and dread of the morning.

From Men, Women, and Ghosts by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

He did not hear the faintly hysterical note that underran her voice—the note of warning from a mind trying with panic-stricken haste to evade itself.

From The Gambler A Novel by Katherine Cecil Thurston

Cold air was pressing south from Canada, underrunning the warm air drift, creating an area of low barometric pressure that moved from eastern Nebraska through Iowa, western Wisconsin, across western Lake Superior.

From Time Magazine Archive

This is only a big-scale diagram, but with a little attention you can see the tribal instinct of self-preservation quite logically underrunning all sorts of queer modern developments.

From Letters of Travel (1892-1913) by Rudyard Kipling

It threw up shoots everywhere, and no sooner was one cut down than from roots underrunning the whole domain of political thought others sprang up with a vigorous and baleful growth.

From The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 1 by Ambrose Bierce

Ask him,” he leered around the room, an insinuating accent that was unmistakable underrunning the words.

From Once to Every Man by Anton Otto Fischer

There was a good deal of sea underrunning the ice, and it required the greatest skill and watchfulness to prevent disaster.

From Harper's Round Table, August 27, 1895 by Various

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