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UNDEREXPOSE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they underexpose ... he / she / it underexposes
Past simple: underexposed
Past participle: underexposed
-ing form: underexposing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Expose insufficiently
Example:
The child was underexposed to language
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Expose to too little light
Example:
The film is underexposed, so the image is very dark
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
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)
Derivation:
underexposure (the act of exposing film to too little light or for too short a time)
