Emily Dickinson Lexicon

UN-DER-VAL'U-ING, ppr.

Estimating at less than the real worth; slighting; despising.

UN-DER-VAL-U-VTION, n.

The act of valuing below the real worth; rate not equal to the worth.

UN-DER-WENT', pret.

of Undergo. He underwent severe trials.

UN'DER-WOOD, n.

Small trees that grow among large trees. Mortimer.

UN'DER-WORK, n.

Subordinate work; petty affairs. Addison.

UN-DER-WORK', v.t.

1. To destroy by clandestine measures. Shak.
2. To work or labor upon less than is sufficient or proper. Dryden.
3. To work at a less price than others in the like employment; as, one mason may underwork another; a shoemaker cannot underwork a joiner.

UN'DER-WORK-ER, n.

One who underworks; or a subordinate workman.

UN-DER-WORK'ING, ppr.

Destroying clandestinely; working, at less price than others in the like employment.

UN'DER-WORK-MAN, n.

A subordinate workman.

UN-DER-WRITE, v.i.

To practice insuring.

UN-DER-WRITE, v.t. [See Write.]

1. To write under something else. The change I have made, I have here underwritten. Saunderson.
2. To subscribe. We whose names are underwritten, agree to pay the sums expressed against our respective names.
3. To subscribe one's name for insurance; to set one's name to a policy of insurance, for the purpose of becoming answerable for loss or damage, for a certain premium per cent. Individuals underwrite policies of insurance, as well as companies. The broker who procures insurance, ought not, by underwriting the policy, to deprive the parties of his unbiased testimony. Marshall.

UN-DER-WRIT-ER, n.

One who insures; an insurer; so called because he underwrites his name to the conditions of the policy.

UN-DER-WRIT-ING, n.

The act or practice of insuring ships, goods, houses, &c.

UN-DER-WRIT-ING, ppr.

1. Writing under something.
2. Subscribing a policy; insuring.

UN-DER-WRIT'TEN, pp.

Written under; subscribed.

UN-DE-SCRIB-A-BLE, a.

That can not be described.

UN-DE-SCRIB-ED, a.

Not described. Hooker.

UN-DE-SCRIED, a.

Not descried; not discovered; not seen. Wollaston.

UN-DE-SERV'ED, a.

s as z. Not deserved; not merited. Sidney.

UN-DE-SERV'ED-LY, adv.

Without desert, either good or evil. Milton. Dryden.

UN-DE-SERV'ED-NESS, n.

Want of being worthy. Newton.

UN-DE-SERV'ER, n.

One of no merit. Shak.

UN-DE-SERV'ING, a.

1. Not deserving; not having merit. God continually supplies the wants of his undeserving creatures.
2. Not meriting; with of; as, a man undeserving of happiness, or of punishment. Sidney. Pope.

UN-DE-SERVING-LY, adv.

Without meriting any particular advantage or harm. Milton.

UN-DES'IG-NA-TED, a.

Not designated. Warton.