undercode (English, verb)
expansion: undercode (third-person singular simple present undercodes, present participle undercoding, simple past and past participle undercoded)
Senses:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
semiotics
glosses: To communicate using codes that do not convey the entire message, but which rely on the recipient's construction of meaning through connotation or subtexts.
tags: intransitive
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
semiotics
glosses: To use or convey (a message) in a way that requires the recipient to construct part of the meaning.
tags: transitive
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
semiotics
glosses: To communicate (information) indirectly, by means of an undercode.
tags: transitive
glosses: To encode a secret message that is masked by a surface message or stream of data.
glosses: To represent by a code that indicates a lower level of service than what was provided.
glosses: To use fewer codes than are needed to fully describe something.
Forms:
form: undercodes
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: undercoding
tags: participle
present
form: undercoded
tags: participle
past
form: undercoded
tags: past