Underbuilt vs Underbuild - What's the difference?
underbuilt | underbuild |
(underbuild)
To build beneath another structure; provide a foundation or support for; undergird.
*1900 , Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Yorkshire archaeological journal: Volume 15 :
To perform insufficient construction on a building or in an area; build below a specified requirement or standard.
*1903 , West Publishing Company, The Northeastern reporter: Volume 65 :
To build beneath another structure; provide a foundation or support for; undergird.
*1900 , Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Yorkshire archaeological journal: Volume 15 :
To perform insufficient construction on a building or in an area; build below a specified requirement or standard.
*1903 , West Publishing Company, The Northeastern reporter: Volume 65 :
As verbs the difference between underbuilt and underbuild
is that underbuilt is past tense of underbuild while underbuild is to build beneath another structure; provide a foundation or support for; undergird.underbuilt
English
Verb
(head)underbuild
English
Verb
- The two eastern arches have been underbuilt for the sake of strengthening them.
- Appellee was obliged to overbuild, rather than underbuild , the appellant's telephone line for the distance of these six spans for the following reason [...]
Antonyms
* (l)Derived terms
* (l)underbuild
English
Verb
- The two eastern arches have been underbuilt for the sake of strengthening them.
- Appellee was obliged to overbuild, rather than underbuild , the appellant's telephone line for the distance of these six spans for the following reason [...]
