undertrain

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ train.

Pronunciation

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Verb

undertrain (third-person singular simple present undertrains, present participle undertraining, simple past and past participle undertrained)

1. (ambitransitive) To train less than required or normal.
   • 2015 August 7, Kate Carter, “Mara Yamauchi: 'When you go out to run, there’s just nothing better'”, in The Guardian‎^[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 October 2026:

     So the danger for me is that I overtrain, not undertrain.