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

There were also vessels called “toothpicks” that did an exclusive trawling business, never using dories except to underrun the trawls or to set them out.

From The Harbor of Doubt by George W. Gage

I just made one stop to underrun William's trawl till I come to jes' such a fish's I thought you'd want to make one o' your nice chowders of.

From The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett

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

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

From The Masquerader by Katherine Cecil Thurston

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

From The Masquerader by Katherine Cecil Thurston

A tinge of feeling suddenly underran his speech.

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

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

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 Francis Lynde

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

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

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