Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To place upon or in (something) a load less than the maximum load that it can carry.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb to load (a truck, etc.) with less than its full capacity; -- in certain circumstances, an inefficient use of resources.
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Examples
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Knowing this is Remington talking, they'd probably overhype it, and then, as usual, underload it.
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Knowing this is Remington talking, they'd probably overhype it, and then, as usual, underload it.
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Since Ljungberg & Sörensen discussed Interaction Overload one may assume that there is also Interaction underload or abstinence.
The Reality Interactivity Index Erik Stolterman 2007
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Might one ethnic group, for example, carry an overload or an underload of genes for a particular trait?
Important article confirming science of human biodiversity Steve Sailer 2005
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To protect you all from the menace of information underload, here's my latest piece for the Guardian.
Shameless Self Promotion sbisson 2005
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Might one ethnic group, for example, carry an overload or an underload of genes for a particular trait?
Archive 2005-06-12 Steve Sailer 2005
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Identify any factors that might present a typical employee with a pronounced underload or overload.
Stress and the Manager KARL ALBRECHT 1979
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As a management problem, however, status underload certainly constitutes the more interesting case.
Stress and the Manager KARL ALBRECHT 1979
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But an underload can cause exactly the same feelings.
Stress and the Manager KARL ALBRECHT 1979
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Any individual worker can experience an overload or an underload on a given factor, depending on his appetite for that particular variable and the actual level of the variable at the time.
Stress and the Manager KARL ALBRECHT 1979
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