underrotate

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ rotate.

Pronunciation

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Verb

underrotate (third-person singular simple present underrotates, present participle underrotating, simple past and past participle underrotated)

1. To rotate insufficiently.
   • 2007 December 15, The Associated Press, “South Korean Tops Skaters Despite Miss”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-06-05:

     Kim's hands down on her triple flip cost her the combination jump, but other mistakes in the women's competition were more costly: the world silver medalist Mao Asada of Japan skipped a jump and finished in last place, just behind the United States champion Kimmie Meissner, who was fifth, after she underrotated her triple-triple combination.