Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to understep
Participle: understepped
Gerund: understepping
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | understep |
| you | understep |
| he;she;it | understeps |
| we | understep |
| you | understep |
| they | understep |
Perfect
| I | have understepped |
| you | have understepped |
| he;she;it | has understepped |
| we | have understepped |
| you | have understepped |
| they | have understepped |
Past
| I | understepped |
| you | understepped |
| he;she;it | understepped |
| we | understepped |
| you | understepped |
| they | understepped |
Pluperfect
| I | had understepped |
| you | had understepped |
| he;she;it | had understepped |
| we | had understepped |
| you | had understepped |
| they | had understepped |
Future
| I | will understep |
| you | will understep |
| he;she;it | will understep |
| we | will understep |
| you | will understep |
| they | will understep |
Future Perfect
| I | will have understepped |
| you | will have understepped |
| he;she;it | will have understepped |
| we | will have understepped |
| you | will have understepped |
| they | will have understepped |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | understep |
| you | understep |
| he;she;it | understep |
| we | understep |
| you | understep |
| they | understep |
Perfect
| I | have understepped |
| you | have understepped |
| he;she;it | have understepped |
| we | have understepped |
| you | have understepped |
| they | have understepped |
Imperfect
| I | understepped |
| you | understepped |
| he;she;it | understepped |
| we | understepped |
| you | understepped |
| they | understepped |
Pluperfect
| I | had understepped |
| you | had understepped |
| he;she;it | had understepped |
| we | had understepped |
| you | had understepped |
| they | had understepped |
Conditional
Present
| I | would understep |
| you | would understep |
| he;she;it | would understep |
| we | would understep |
| you | would understep |
| they | would understep |
Perfect
| I | would have understepped |
| you | would have understepped |
| he;she;it | would have understepped |
| we | would have understepped |
| you | would have understepped |
| they | would have understepped |
Imperative
| you | understep |
| we | Let's understep |
| you | understep |
Verbs conjugated like 'understep'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'understep'
underkeep,
underpeep,
underseek,
underset,
undersleep,
understeer,
undertip,
overstep,
sidestep,
undelete,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From under- + step.
Sample Sentences
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The Questers were many, and fortunately the Answerer did not too often overstep or understep the mark. [1897, Boot and Shoe Recorder - Volume 30, page 28:]
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For the moment I experience the conflict as suffering and bear it, I no longer really move within problematic actuality but understep it. [1963, G. A. Rauche, The philosophy of actuality, page 89:]
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They will understep and overstep the bounds of propriety, and even of legality. [1967, The Phi Delta Kappan - Volume 49, Issues 1-10, page 282:]
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Either one of them overstep or understep their bounds at any one point in time. [1989, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Government Information and Regulation, Reauthorization of the Paperwork Reduction Act:]
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If you're working on a structured question check the number of marks allocated for each part of the question and divide up your words accordingly. Finally, don't understep the word limit. [2007, Andrew Stevenson, Studying Psychology, →ISBN, page 57:]
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As an instance of this inability to control the muscles well, may be cited the almost constant tendency to understep or overstep especially with the fore legs. [1907, University of Nebraska (Lincoln campus). Agricultural Experiment Station, Annual Report - Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station:]
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If a sense of feeling gave him some knowledge of the width of the steps the fact that the third step was ⅝ of an inch wider could not cause him to overstep, but if it had any effect it would tend to cause him to understep. [1945, North eastern reporter. second series - Volume 60, page 499:]
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Cerebellar dysfunction is characterized by truncal ataxia, a broad-based stance, dysmetria in which the limbs either overstep (hypermetria) or understep (hypometria), and tremor that is most pronounced when the animal attempts a goal-orientated movement (intention tremor). [2004, Johnny D. Hoskins, Geriatrics and Gerontology of the Dog and Cat, →ISBN, page 358:]
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As a general rule, a stag treads more cleanly than a hind, his stride is longer, the slot itself being rounder and less elongated ; while a hind or young stag understeps frequently, leaving in consequence a more or less double track. [1932, Douglas Gordon, Field Philosophy, page 187:]