underpressurize
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From under- + pressurize.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]underpressurize (third-person singular simple present underpressurizes, present participle underpressurizing, simple past and past participle underpressurized)
- To bring to too low a pressure.
- Antonym: overpressurize
- 2009, Albert Meijer, Kees Boersma, Pieter Wagenaar, ICTs, Citizens and Governance: After the Hype!, page 164:
- For example, there was a program that calculated water pressure for systems of water lines; it enabled planners to determine which lines needed to be replaced to ensure that new water lines did not underpressurize the system.