underwork
[ uhn-der-wurk ]
/ ˌʌn dərˈwɜrk /
verb (used with object), un·der·worked, un·der·work·ing.
to do less work on than is necessary or required: to underwork an idea.
to employ inadequately: He underworks his mind and overworks his feet.
verb (used without object), un·der·worked, un·der·work·ing.
to do less work than is normal or proper: He is fat because he underworks and overeats.
OTHER WORDS FROM underwork
un·der·work·er, nounWords nearby underwork
underwing,
underwire,
underwithhold,
underwood,
underwool,
underwork,
underworld,
underwrite,
underwriter,
underwritten,
underwrote
Example sentences from the Web for under-work
And, verily, such is his aspiring nature, that he will under-work any man in the world!
An English Garner (4 of 8) |VariousMore voices collapse from over-practice and more careers collapse from under-work than from anything else.
Great Singers on the Art of Singing |James Francis CookeThe "Dutch" under-lived, and were thereby enabled, he said, "to under-work and under-sell the English."
Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) |Wiliam Cabell Bruce