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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of underwater.

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Examples

  • On April 24th we went to City Farmers Nursery and I came home with big bags of potting soil, containers, seeds, a small trowel, and a moisture meter, something that is a necessity for me because in the past I had always either underwatered or overwatered potted plants (usually flowers that somebody had given me), and they'd died.

    Cultivating Memories While Gardening 2009

  • I'd expose her to literature, classical music and ballet, and she'd soak it all in like an underwatered houseplant.

    I Got It: Mentoring Isn't For The Mentor 2008

  • Your citrus needs about as much water as a young redwood, but the redwood will need more as it grows bigger, and an underwatered redwood tree will not grow tall and lush.

    SFGate: Top News Stories Pam Peirce 2010

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