Definitions for underactiveˌʌn dərˈæk tɪv

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

un•der•ac•tiveˌʌn dərˈæk tɪv(adj.)

  1. insufficiently active:

    an underactive thyroid gland.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

Origin of underactive:

1955–60

un`der•ac•tiv′i•ty(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. hypoactive, underactive(adj)

    abnormally inactive

Wiktionary

  1. underactive(Adjective)

    Less than normally active.


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