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

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

Scud found it too troublesome to underrun his trap more than twice a-day—once at six o'clock in the morning, then at six o'clock at night.

From A Republic Without a President and Other Stories by Ward, Herbert D. (Herbert Dickinson)

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

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

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 tinge of feeling suddenly underran his speech.

From The Keeper of the Door by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)

Long after the train had crawled out of sight the boy stood there motionless beside the empty truck, reading over and over again the few scrawled words that underran the line of address.

From Once to Every Man by Fischer, Anton Otto

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 Norris, Kathleen Thompson

She made the statement in her usual soft tones, but a slight tremor of excitement underran her voice.

From The Masquerader by Thurston, Katherine Cecil

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

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

He bent lower and read the underrunning paragraph with a dull rage mounting to his eyes and serving for the moment to make the gray of the printed lines turn red.

From The Real Man by Lynde, Francis

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 Kipling, Rudyard

To use Lanier's words, he "failed to perceive the deeper movements underrunning the times."

From A Biography of Sidney Lanier by Mims, Edwin