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underact
[ uhn-der-akt ]
verb (used with or without object)
- to underplay.
underact
/ ˌʌndərˈækt /
verb
- theatre to play (a role) without adequate emphasis Compare overact
Other Words From
- under·actor noun
Example Sentences
Mr Yousaf said he has not removed any messages and that all of his underacted files would be handed over.
Citing personnel rules, the secretary said disclosing the names of the participants, their rank and their disciplinary status as well as an underacted version of the photo are pending the finished investigation.
The village also declined to provide underacted financial information to the Tribune.
"This beautifully modulated piece of underacting deserves to make him a strong contender at next year's Oscars," wrote Chris Tookey in the Daily Mail.
A fine British cast overact or underact in this perfunctory true-life tale of a working-class lad from a sink estate in south London.
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