underload

noun

: a load markedly below full capacity : an inadequate or insufficient load

Word History

Etymology

under entry 3 + load

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Rhymes for underload

• afterload
• episode
• internode
• microcode
• multimode
• nematode
• nesselrode
• overflowed
• overload
• overrode
• radioed
• torpedoed