Word: underkill
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: un
der
kill
Definition: The situation where a weapon does too little destruction, or less than it potentially could.
Morphemes:
Affix: under-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently, below what is correct; subordinate to; beneath or behind.
Affix: kill
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The result of killing; that which has been killed.