Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To lap under or beneath; have the edge or border lying beneath the edge of some other object, as the clapboards of a house or the feathers of a bird.
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Examples
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To ensure there is never again the regulatory "underlap" that left huge holes in banking supervision, a new financial stability committee comprised of FSA and Bank representatives will be created.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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In a Venn diagram, there would be substantial overlap but also substantial ... underlap?
David Roberts: Introducing 'Climate Hawks' David Roberts 2010
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When a rotation occurs, there is an underlap of troops, so we have a period of a couple of weeks without any army.
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When a rotation occurs, there is an underlap of troops, so we have a period of a couple of weeks without any army.
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We cannot afford a repetition of what, at the start of this crisis, became known as regulatory underlap, said Tyrie.
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In a Venn diagram, there would be substantial overlap but also substantial ... underlap?
David Roberts: Introducing 'Climate Hawks' David Roberts 2010
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When a rotation occurs, there is an underlap of troops, so we have a period of a couple of weeks without any army.
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In a Venn diagram, there would be substantial overlap but also substantial ... underlap?
David Roberts: Introducing 'Climate Hawks' David Roberts 2010
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When a rotation occurs, there is an underlap of troops, so we have a period of a couple of weeks without any army.
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In a Venn diagram, there would be substantial overlap but also substantial ... underlap?
David Roberts: Introducing 'Climate Hawks' David Roberts 2010
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