underwork

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Synonyms: underworld, undertook, wonderwork, interwork, underwood, underlook, underwire, underlock, undergore, underwool, undercook

Antonyms: underworld, undertook, wonderwork, interwork, underwood, underlook, underwire, underlock, undergore, underwool, undercook

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To require too little [[work]] from; to [[work]] insufficiently.
2. {{lb|en|intransitive|obsolete}} To work or operate in secret or clandestinely.
3. {{lb|en|ambitransitive}} To do less work than necessary (on).
4. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To do work for inadequate payment.
5. {{lb|en|transitive}} To injure by working secretly; to destroy or overthrow by clandestine measure; to undermine.
6. {{lb|en|transitive}} To do similar work for a lesser price than; to [[undercut]].

Noun

1. Subordinate work; petty business.
2. An [[underneath]] structure, for example for physical support

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