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🍽️ To give too little 🔧 To supply too little ⚙️ A supply device
to underfeed

to underfeed

1 6.3
To give a machine less material than it needs
  • verb
  • /ˌʌndərˈfiːd/
  • Specialized
: subalimentar
  • Continuous underfeeding of raw materials can slow down the entire production process.

Examples

  • The technician realized he had accidentally underfed the fuel to the engine.

  • The factory underfeeds the assembly line.

  • If you underfeed the machine, it may stop working properly.

  • Don't underfeed!

  • If you underfeed the machine, it may stop working properly.

  • The technician realized he had accidentally underfed the fuel to the engine.

  • Continuous underfeeding of raw materials can slow down the entire production process.

Synonyms

to undersupply
vsto underfeed
1 5.3

To give less of something than people need

applies when less material goes into a machine or process
to understock
vsto underfeed
1 7.4

To give a shop less stock than it needs

is about supplying too little material to machinery or processes not stock levels
to underfill
vsto underfeed
1 6.5

To put less filling into something than required

applies to feeding machines or systems rather than to filling containers

How Much Material

to overfeed
3 3.5
to feed
445 1.8
to underfeed
  • Specialized
1 6.3
to starve
29 3.5

Surface Forms

underfeed infinitive
underfed past
underfed past participle
underfeeding present participle
underfeeds third person singular

Morphology

underfeed = feed (transparent) = under + feed

The verb is the productive combination 'under-' (insufficient) + 'feed' (supply), directly meaning to supply less than required.

Etymology

Underfeed uses the parts under ('not enough') and feed ('to supply'), which you can see when you 'feed' a machine. So to underfeed a machine or process is to give it less material than it needs.