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detract | undefined |

As a verb detract

is to take away; to withdraw or remove.

As an adjective undefined is

lacking a definition or value.

detract

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To take away; to withdraw or remove.
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  • To take credit or reputation from; to defame or decry.
  • * Drayton
    • That calumnious critic / Detracting what laboriously we do.

    Synonyms

    * defame, decry * See also

    Derived terms

    * detraction * detractor

    undefined

    English

    Adjective

    (wikipedia undefined) (-)
  • Lacking a definition or value.
  • (mathematics, computing) That does not have a meaning and is thus not assigned an interpretation.
    • The result of division by zero is undefined .

    Antonyms

    * defined