Word: undermeasurement
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: un
der
me
asure
ment
Definition: The process or result of undermeasuring; a measurement that is smaller than it should be.
Morphemes:
Affix: under-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently, below what is correct; subordinate to; beneath or behind.
Affix: measure
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The act or process of measuring.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: mēnsūra
Language: la
Decoded: mensura
Meaning: a measuring, rule, something to measure by
Affix: -ment
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, the nouns having the sense of "the action or result of what is denoted by the verb".
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ment
Language: fro
Decoded: -ment
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs, usually of action or state resulting of them. Equivalent to the English -ment.