Word: understages
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: un
der
sta
ges
Definition: Plural of understage. To underestimate the severity of a patient's illness
Morphemes:
Affix: under-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently, below what is correct; subordinate to; beneath or behind.
Affix: stage
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To demonstrate in a deceptive manner.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ester
Language: fr
Decoded: ester
PoS: Verb
Meaning: to appear
Affix: -age
Language: fr
Decoded: -age
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming nouns with the sense of "action or result of Xing" or, more rarely, "action related to X".
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plurals of numerals, letters, some abbreviations and some nouns, usually because the omission of an apostrophe would make the meaning unclear or ambiguous.