underinflate
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editunderinflate (third-person singular simple present underinflates, present participle underinflating, simple past and past participle underinflated)
- (transitive) To inflate too little.
- 2007 February 18, “Letters”, in New York Times[1]:
- Maybe the tire could emit the scent whenever it is underinflated — after all, a car with properly inflated tires gets the best gasoline mileage.