Hyphenation of “underquote”
The standard US-English hyphenation shown for underquote is un-der-quote, with 2 possible break points in this result.
What does “underquote” mean?
underquote: give too low an estimated cost for (a commodity or service).
give too low an estimated cost for (a commodity or service).
Example: “he said that he had underquoted the job and had run out of money”
How “underquote” is split
For US English, the hyphenation result is un-der-quote. This gives 2 possible line-break points in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns the same split.
Questions about “underquote”
How do you hyphenate “underquote”?
In the US-English result used here, underquote is hyphenated as un-der-quote.
Where can “underquote” break at the end of a line?
The returned US pattern contains 2 possible break points.
What does “underquote” mean?
give too low an estimated cost for (a commodity or service).
Can you use “underquote” in a sentence?
“he said that he had underquoted the job and had run out of money”