underkill

Insufficient disposal because of inadequate inspection criteria.

Noun

  1. Insufficient disposal because of inadequate inspection criteria.
  2. The situation where a weapon does too little destruction, or less than it potentially could.

Origin

From under- + kill.

Antonyms

overkill

Verb

  1. To dispose of too few items because of inadequate inspection criteria.

Forms

underkills underkilling underkilled

Antonyms

overkill