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To exert too little artistic control when directing (a play or film)..
Despite the seeming interest of the screenplay, Romero underdirects the entire effort, sending his actors through their paces without bothering to make them believe in the film.
I think he underdirects because he wants the script — the text — to be in control.
We think it is time that some one explained to him, before he overacts and underdirects another feature picture for Broadway consumption, that while art suffereth long and is kind, cheapness and vulgarity are something else again.
The opinion is expressed that time is wasted by misdirected or underdirected visiting of schools.
They should neither overdirect nor underdirect the program.
When a meeting is either overdirected (Example A) or underdirected (Example B), you're in trouble.
Use underdirect when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Underdirect means To exert too little artistic control when directing (a play or film)..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Despite the seeming interest of the screenplay, Romero underdirects the entire effort, sending his actors through their paces without bothering to make them believe in the film.
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