Word: underassessment
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: un
der
a
ssess
ment
Definition: Inadequate assessment of an academic course, as by requiring too few pieces of work from each student.
Morphemes:
Affix: under-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently, below what is correct; subordinate to; beneath or behind.
Affix: assess
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To determine, estimate or judge the value of; to evaluate
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ad
Language: la
Decoded: ad
Meaning: to, towards, at
Affix: sedeō
Language: la
Decoded: sedeo
Meaning: sit; settle down
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.