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underpowered

/ ˌʌndəˈpaʊəd /

adjective

  1. lacking or low in power

    two-litre cars are underpowered

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Even on the radically underpowered Wii, Nintendo was making games that stood out from the crowd.

However, if you have an underpowered stove, especially an electric one, consider a smaller size.

Despite an economy as underpowered as a cheap flourescent light, Mitt Romney somehow failed to unseat Barack Obama.

They flew in a rickety, underpowered biplane and carried just $25 in their pockets.

He tended to fume when his underpowered car noticeably slowed up on grades, and especially the long ones.

Amongst those are two good "Shorts," but the others are no use, they say, being wrong type and underpowered.

It was inherently noisy and slow, and with the Packards installed it was on the point of being underpowered.

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