Underact

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To perform (a role) weakly or with insufficient expressiveness.
  • v. To understate (a role) intentionally; underplay.
  • verb-intransitive. To perform in an understated way.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To act in an understated manner or with little expressiveness
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To perform inefficiently, as a play; to act feebly.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To act or perform, as a play or part, inefficiently.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. act (a role) with great restraint
    • Antonym
    overact   
    Verb Form
    underacted    underacting    underacts   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    play    playact    act    roleplay   
     
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