| UNDERSTAFFED | • understaffed adj. Having an inadequate number of workers or assistants. • UNDERSTAFFED adj. inadequately staffed. |
| UNDERSTAFFING | • understaffing v. Present participle of understaff. • understaffing n. The situation of having insufficient members of staff. • UNDERSTAFFING n. inadequate staffing. |
| UNDERSTAFFINGS | • understaffings n. Plural of understaffing. • UNDERSTAFFING n. inadequate staffing. |
| UNDERSTAND | • understand v. (Transitive) To grasp a concept fully in one’s mind, especially (Of words, statements, art, etc.) to… • understand v. To believe, to think one grasps sufficiently despite potentially incomplete knowledge. • understand v. (Humorous, rare, obsolete outside circus, acrobatics) To stand underneath, to support. |
| UNDERSTANDABLE | • understandable adj. Capable of being understood; comprehensible. • understandable adj. Capable of being accepted or excused under the circumstances. • UNDERSTANDABLE adj. capable of being understood. |
| UNDERSTANDABLY | • understandably adv. For reasons that are easy to understand or sympathise with. • understandably adv. In an understandable manner. • UNDERSTANDABLE adv. capable of being understood. |
| UNDERSTANDED | • understanded v. (Obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of understand. • UNDERSTAND v. to grasp the meaning of. |
| UNDERSTANDER | • understander n. One who understands something. • understander n. (Circus, acrobatics) One who physically supports a formation of acrobats, as a human pyramid. • under-stander n. (Circus) One who is at the base of a formation of acrobats in a performance, as of a human pyramid. |
| UNDERSTANDERS | • understanders n. Plural of understander. • under-standers n. Plural of under-stander. • UNDERSTANDER n. one who understands. |
| UNDERSTANDING | • understanding n. (Gerund, uncountable) The act of one that understands or comprehends; comprehension; knowledge; discernment. • understanding n. (Countable) Reason or intelligence, ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge, ability to infer. • understanding n. (Countable) Opinion, judgement or outlook. |
| UNDERSTANDINGLY | • understandingly adv. In an understanding manner; with empathy. • understandingly adv. (Obsolete) In a way that can be understood; intelligibly. • UNDERSTANDINGLY adv. UNDERSTANDING. |
| UNDERSTANDINGS | • understandings n. Plural of understanding. • UNDERSTANDING n. a mental grasp. |
| UNDERSTANDS | • understands v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of understand. • UNDERSTAND v. to grasp the meaning of. |
| UNDERSTATE | • understate v. (Transitive) To state (something) with less completeness than needed; to minimise or downplay. • understate v. (Transitive) To state (something) with a lack of emphasis, in order to express irony. • understate v. To state a quantity that is too low. |
| UNDERSTATED | • understated adj. Restrained and unpretentious. • understated v. Simple past tense and past participle of understate. • UNDERSTATE v. to represent as less than is the case. |
| UNDERSTATEDLY | • understatedly adv. In an understated way. • UNDERSTATED adv. UNDERSTATE, to represent as less than is the case. |
| UNDERSTATEMENT | • understatement n. (Uncountable, rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby something is made to seem smaller or less important… • understatement n. (Countable) An instance of such phrasing or lack of emphasis. • understatement n. An incomplete disclosure that intentionally withholds relevant information. |
| UNDERSTATEMENTS | • understatements n. Plural of understatement. • UNDERSTATEMENT n. the act of understating. |
| UNDERSTATES | • understates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of understate. • UNDERSTATE v. to represent as less than is the case. |
| UNDERSTATING | • understating v. Present participle of understate. • UNDERSTATE v. to represent as less than is the case. |