undergenerate

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English

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Etymology

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From under- +‎ generate.

Verb

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undergenerate (third-person singular simple present undergenerates, present participle undergenerating, simple past and past participle undergenerated)

  1. (linguistics) To apply a rule of language too strictly, so that some potential valid utterances are excluded from production.
    Antonym: overgenerate
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