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)

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 Jewett, Sarah Orne

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

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

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

From The Masquerader by Thurston, Katherine Cecil

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 Thurston, Katherine Cecil

A tinge of feeling suddenly underran his speech.

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

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

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

From Once to Every Man by Fischer, Anton Otto

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

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

From A Biography of Sidney Lanier by Mims, Edwin

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