Home › Words › U › undercorrectundercorrectundercorrect means to correct insufficiently.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, undercorrect ranks #3,412 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom under- + correct.verbto correct insufficientlye.g.“It has long been known that, if range restriction is indirect rather than direct, this formula will undercorrect.”Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.undercorrection 79% match — Insufficient correction. vs undercorrect →underfix 68% match — To fix inadequately, or below what is required or expected vs undercorrect →undermodify 68% match — To modify insufficiently. vs undercorrect →underpenalize 67% match — To penalize insufficiently vs undercorrect →undercompensating 64% match — Insufficiently compensating vs undercorrect →miscorrect 64% match — To correct erroneously; to make a mistake in attempting to correct another mistake. vs undercorrect →underapply 64% match — To apply to an insufficient degree. vs undercorrect →underclassify 63% match — To classify insufficiently vs undercorrect →