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UNDEREXPOSE

Dictionary entry overview: What does underexpose mean?

• UNDEREXPOSE (verb)
The verb UNDEREXPOSE has 2 senses:

1. expose to too little light
2. expose insufficiently

Familiarity information: UNDEREXPOSE used as a verb is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• UNDEREXPOSE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Expose to too little light

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Context example:

The film is underexposed, so the image is very dark

Hypernyms (to "underexpose" is one way to...):

expose (expose to light, of photographic film)

Domain category:

photography; picture taking (the act of taking and printing photographs)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

overexpose (expose to too much light)

Sense 2

underexpose ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Expose insufficiently

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Context example:

The child was underexposed to language

Hypernyms (to "underexpose" is one way to...):

expose (expose or make accessible to some action or influence)

Domain category:

photography; picture taking (the act of taking and printing photographs)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Antonym:

overexpose (expose excessively)

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