English Words: U

having an inadequate number of workers or assistants

To know the meaning of; to parse or have parsed correctly; to comprehend.

Capable of being understood; comprehensible.

For reasons that are easy to understand or sympathise with.

The act of one that understands or comprehends; the mental process of discernment of meaning.

To state (something) with less completeness than needed; to minimise or downplay.

Restrained and unpretentious.

A figure of speech whereby something is made to seem smaller or less important than it actually is, either through phrasing or lack of emphasis, often for ironic effect.

The condition in which the front wheels of a car fail to follow the desired curve while cornering, instead following more of a straight-line trajectory, losing a degree of traction, and so slipping off the required line.

Having been comprehended.

A story of a building below the stories generally used for residence or work.

Insufficiently studied.

To study or know a role to such an extent as to be able to replace the normal performer when required.

To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on (a specific task etc.).

past participle of undertake

A funeral director; someone whose business is to manage funerals, burials and cremations.

The business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals.

An auditory tone of low pitch or volume.

simple past of undertake

To pull or tow under; drag beneath; pull down.

Used less than normal or desirable.

Insufficiently utilized.

To underestimate, or assign too low a value to (something or someone); to have too little regard for.

Beneath the surface of the water; of or pertaining to the region beneath the water surface.

In motion, in progress; being done or carried out; on a journey.

Clothes worn next to the skin, underneath outer clothing.

Of an inappropriately or unusually low weight.

simple past of undergo

Failing to interest; not as exciting as promised or expected.

A semicircular wire placed in a bra to support the breasts.

Underbrush, undergrowth.

The world of the dead, located underneath the world of the living; the afterlife.

To write below or under; subscribe.

An entity assuming a financial risk.

past participle of underwrite

Not described

Not deserved, earned or merited; unjustifiable or unfair.

Considered unworthy of reward.

Not desirable, objectionable or not likely to please.

Not desired; unwanted.

Unable to be detected; not detectable.

Not found; undiscovered.

Not determined; not settled; not decided.

Not deterred or put off; undiscouraged.

Not developed or used.

That had not been diagnosed.

simple past of undo

underwear, underpants

Not differentiated, not different, alike.

Not digested