Word: underfermented
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: un
der
fer
men
ted
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of underferment. To ferment insufficiently.
Morphemes:
Affix: under-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently, below what is correct; subordinate to; beneath or behind.
Affix: ferment
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To react, using fermentation; especially to produce alcohol by aging or by allowing yeast to act on sugars; to brew.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: fermentare
Language: la
Decoded: fermentare
Meaning: to leaven, ferment
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past participles of (regular) verbs. See -en and -t for variants.