understeer
noun
un·der·steer
ˈən-dər-ˌstir 
: the tendency of an automobile to turn less sharply than the driver intends
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A little bit of understeer mid-corner and struggling to rotate the car on the slow speed.
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Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Aug. 2025
Handling, albeit with a heavy front end and front-wheel-drive understeer, is responsive, as was the public reaction upon its debut, with almost 41,000 examples sold for the 1966 model year.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 13 June 2025
Red Bull remain plagued by the same balance problems that surfaced mid-season last year, which make the car difficult to driver on corner entry and prone to mid-corner understeer.
—Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Red Bull struggled to find the right balance, failing to address the mid-corner, slow-speed understeer that affected the car without creating oversteer in faster corners.
—Dan Cancian, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
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Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Aug. 2025
Handling, albeit with a heavy front end and front-wheel-drive understeer, is responsive, as was the public reaction upon its debut, with almost 41,000 examples sold for the 1966 model year.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 13 June 2025
Red Bull remain plagued by the same balance problems that surfaced mid-season last year, which make the car difficult to driver on corner entry and prone to mid-corner understeer.
—Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Red Bull struggled to find the right balance, failing to address the mid-corner, slow-speed understeer that affected the car without creating oversteer in faster corners.
—Dan Cancian, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for understeer
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“Understeer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/understeer. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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