Underbuild
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Underbuild is a verb meaning (transitive) To build beneath another structure; provide a foundation or support for; undergird.
Meaning
(transitive) To build beneath another structure; provide a foundation or support for; undergird.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To perform insufficient construction on a building or in an area; build below a specified requirement or standard.
Example Sentences
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 [...]
Word Forms
- underbuilds
- underbuilding
- underbuilt
Antonyms for underbuild
Common opposites include overbuild.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include substruct, undergird, underpin, underlay, underlied, superstruct.
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