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Definition: UNDERWORK |
UNDERWORKIntransitive verb1. To do work for a less price than current rates. 2. To do less work than is proper or suitable. 3. To work or operate in secret or clandestinely. Noun1. Inferior or subordinate work; petty business. Transitive verb1. To do like work at a less price than; as, one mason may underwork another. 2. To expend too little work upon; as, to underwork a painting. 3. To injure by working secretly; to destroy or overthrow by clandestine measure; to undermine. |
Crosswords: UNDERWORK |
| English words defined with "UNDERWORK": Underworked, Underworking, Underwrought. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "UNDERWORK"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | punë e pakualifikuar, punë e keqe (nasty business). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | работя недостатъчно, не карам да работи достатъчно. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | pracovat za menší plat. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | nem dolgoztat meg eléggé. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | erworkunday lucra prea puţin, face de mântuialã (fudge, mess, muddle, slobber), efectua o muncã pentru platã micã. (various references) работать недостаточно, подкапываться. (various references) raditi krišom, rđavo raditi, nedovoljno (failing, insufficiently, unsatisfactorily). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-k-n-o-r-r-u-w" | |
-1 letter: unworked. | |
-2 letters: drowner, drunker, rewound, rondure, rounder. | |
-3 letters: dourer, downer, droner, dunker, enduro, knower, kroner, kronur, ordure, reword, rework, undoer, undrew, wonder, worked, worker. | |
-4 letters: dower, drone, drouk, drown, drunk, endow, kendo, korun, krone, nuder, nuked, order, owned, owner, redon, rerun, rewon, rouen, round, rowed, rowen, rower, ruder, under, unwed, uredo, woken, wound. | |
-5 letters: doer. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 4E 44 45 52 57 4F 52 4B |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. -.. . .-. .--. --- .-. -.- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01001110 01000100 01000101 01010010 01010111 01001111 01010010 01001011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U N D E R W O R K |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 004E 0044 0045 0052 0057 004F 0052 004B |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)554838395257495245 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Translations: Modern 4. Anagrams | 5. Orthography 6. Bibliography |
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