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Definitions for underwork
ˌʌn dərˈwɜrkun·der·work
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Wiktionary
underworknoun
Inferior or subordinate work; petty business.
underworkverb
To require too little work from; to work insufficiently.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Underworknoun
Subordinate business; petty affairs.
Etymology: under and work.
Those that are proper for war, fill up the laborious part of life, and carry on the underwork of the nation. Addison.
To Underworkverb
preterite underworked, or underwrought; participle passive underworked, or underwrought.
Thou from loving England art so far,
That thou hast underwrought its lawful king,
To cut off the sequence of posterity. William Shakespeare.Apelles said of Protogenes, that he knew not when to give over. A work may be overwrought as well as underwrought. Dryden.
Webster Dictionary
Underworkverb
to injure by working secretly; to destroy or overthrow by clandestine measure; to undermine
Underworkverb
to expend too little work upon; as, to underwork a painting
Underworkverb
to do like work at a less price than; as, one mason may underwork another
Underworkverb
to work or operate in secret or clandestinely
Underworkverb
to do less work than is proper or suitable
Underworkverb
to do work for a less price than current rates
Underworknoun
inferior or subordinate work; petty business
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Underwork
un-dėr-wurk′, v.t. to work for a less price than: to undermine or destroy clandestinely.—v.i. to do less work than is requisite.—n. Un′derwork, subordinate work.—ns. Un′derworker; Un′der-workman.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of underwork in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of underwork in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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