Definitions

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  • adverb On or to the bottom or underside of; beneath; underneath.
  • adverb Below; hereafter.
  • noun Underside.
  • adjective Lacking adequate or sufficient wisdom; insufficiently wise.
  • verb transitive To make, render, or prove to be underwise.

Etymologies

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From under +‎ -wise.

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From under- +‎ wise.

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Examples

  • I still don't understand why autodesk is in so much love relationship with microsoft, maybe it's kind of financial deal made long time ago, underwise it's hard to understand.

    All Discussion Groups: Message List - root 2009

  • I still don't understand why autodesk is in so much love relationship with microsoft, maybe it's kind of financial deal made long time ago, underwise it's hard to understand.

    All Discussion Groups: Message List - root 2009

  • I still don't understand why autodesk is in so much love relationship with microsoft, maybe it's kind of financial deal made long time ago, underwise it's hard to understand.

    All Discussion Groups: Message List - root 2009

  • I still don't understand why autodesk is in so much love relationship with microsoft, maybe it's kind of financial deal made long time ago, underwise it's hard to understand.

    All Discussion Groups: Message List - root 2009

  • I still don't understand why autodesk is in so much love relationship with microsoft, maybe it's kind of financial deal made long time ago, underwise it's hard to understand.

    All Discussion Groups: Message List - root 2009

  • We can not blame teachers for anything rather people that does nothing to propell their own life rather than busy undermining other people life, i believed that when they focus on their own life and their family development all the aforesaid mentioned point will stop underwise it's going to persist, another case scenarios which i do think about is that they may well seldomely believed that by undermining another it may pave a way for them and it's not always in their favour because the people they're attacking is not even moved or touched by their act, i think they got it all wrong mate.

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