underbuilt
underbuilt Lexical Profile
underbuilt Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Having fewer buildings or less structural development than is necessary, optimal, or permitted by zoning regulations.
"The rapidly growing metropolitan area remained severely underbuilt, leading to an acute shortage of affordable housing."
Constructed with insufficient strength, durability, or materials to safely meet structural demands.
"Engineers warned that the old bridge was dangerously underbuilt for the heavy freight traffic it now carried."
Having a slight, slender, or insufficiently developed physical frame or physique.
"Though somewhat underbuilt compared to the other lineman prospects, the rookie compensated with exceptional agility and technique."
• verb
To build to an insufficient degree, capacity, or standard of durability (past tense and past participle of underbuild).
"Developers had underbuilt for years following the recession, leaving the housing market unable to meet rising demand."
To build beneath or construct a supporting structure under (an existing building or wall); to underpin.
"The contractors underbuilt the historic facade with reinforced concrete piers before excavating the new basement."