Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to underenforce
Participle: underenforced
Gerund: underenforcing
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | underenforce |
| you | underenforce |
| he;she;it | underenforces |
| we | underenforce |
| you | underenforce |
| they | underenforce |
Perfect
| I | have underenforced |
| you | have underenforced |
| he;she;it | has underenforced |
| we | have underenforced |
| you | have underenforced |
| they | have underenforced |
Past
| I | underenforced |
| you | underenforced |
| he;she;it | underenforced |
| we | underenforced |
| you | underenforced |
| they | underenforced |
Pluperfect
| I | had underenforced |
| you | had underenforced |
| he;she;it | had underenforced |
| we | had underenforced |
| you | had underenforced |
| they | had underenforced |
Future
| I | will underenforce |
| you | will underenforce |
| he;she;it | will underenforce |
| we | will underenforce |
| you | will underenforce |
| they | will underenforce |
Future Perfect
| I | will have underenforced |
| you | will have underenforced |
| he;she;it | will have underenforced |
| we | will have underenforced |
| you | will have underenforced |
| they | will have underenforced |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | underenforce |
| you | underenforce |
| he;she;it | underenforce |
| we | underenforce |
| you | underenforce |
| they | underenforce |
Perfect
| I | have underenforced |
| you | have underenforced |
| he;she;it | have underenforced |
| we | have underenforced |
| you | have underenforced |
| they | have underenforced |
Imperfect
| I | underenforced |
| you | underenforced |
| he;she;it | underenforced |
| we | underenforced |
| you | underenforced |
| they | underenforced |
Pluperfect
| I | had underenforced |
| you | had underenforced |
| he;she;it | had underenforced |
| we | had underenforced |
| you | had underenforced |
| they | had underenforced |
Conditional
Present
| I | would underenforce |
| you | would underenforce |
| he;she;it | would underenforce |
| we | would underenforce |
| you | would underenforce |
| they | would underenforce |
Perfect
| I | would have underenforced |
| you | would have underenforced |
| he;she;it | would have underenforced |
| we | would have underenforced |
| you | would have underenforced |
| they | would have underenforced |
Imperative
| you | underenforce |
| we | Let's underenforce |
| you | underenforce |
Verbs conjugated like 'underenforce'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'underenforce'
re-enforce,
reenforce,
rereinforce,
underconform,
underexpose,
underfire,
undergore,
underinflate,
underinsure,
underperform,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From under- + enforce.
Sample Sentences
-
But effective laws, already on the books, are pitifully underenforced by the Environmental Protection Agency. [2009 September 24, “How to Stop Contaminating the Water”, in The New York Times:]
-
I don’t know if it’s underenforcing or overenforcing the law. But, at least in the data, we see that Black officers are less likely to make a drug arrest than the others. [2020 June 12, Kate Waldock and Luigi Zingales, “Should we defund the police?”, in Capitalisn't:]