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- verb transitive To supply with
insufficient power .
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Examples
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Our purpose is to stop people getting killed ... is to maximize human happiness - and that means to maximize human freedom - and that requires as little as possible overpay and underpay - ie, as little as possible theft of earnings, which confers overpower on the thief [power to control and manipulate others] whoever he is, and confers underpower on the robbed.
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Syphilis, itself, and the underpower bodies of tuberculosis are heritages of many.
Applied Psychology for Nurses Mary F. Porter
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The machine is in very nice condition and is available to be inspected underpower.
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Left on their own, O'Connor suggested, "companies might choose to compare their drug with a second - or third-line drug, disadvantage the active control via dosing modifications (e.g., using a relatively low or high dose of comparator to reduce its efficacy or tolerability, respectively), underpower a trial to show a difference between treatments, or any number of other design and reporting modifications."
MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians 2010
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One of the easiest ways for a manufacturer to lower the price of a computer is to underpower it.
Shelly Palmer 2010
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The machine is in very nice condition and is available to be inspected underpower.
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First INQpressions Overclock or underpower your Core i7
The Inquirer 2009
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First INQpressions Overclock or underpower your Core i7
The Inquirer 2009
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They spent who knows how long preparing what appears to be a gang buster site, and then they underpower it?
PCLinuxOS-Forums 2008
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fiat linea underpower engine means?. whether its affect performance in highway? en Español
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