Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to underseek
Participle: undersought
Gerund: underseeking
Indicative
Present
| I | underseek |
| you | underseek |
| he;she;it | underseeks |
| we | underseek |
| you | underseek |
| they | underseek |
Perfect
| I | have undersought |
| you | have undersought |
| he;she;it | has undersought |
| we | have undersought |
| you | have undersought |
| they | have undersought |
Past
| I | undersought |
| you | undersought |
| he;she;it | undersought |
| we | undersought |
| you | undersought |
| they | undersought |
Pluperfect
| I | had undersought |
| you | had undersought |
| he;she;it | had undersought |
| we | had undersought |
| you | had undersought |
| they | had undersought |
Future
| I | will underseek |
| you | will underseek |
| he;she;it | will underseek |
| we | will underseek |
| you | will underseek |
| they | will underseek |
Future Perfect
| I | will have undersought |
| you | will have undersought |
| he;she;it | will have undersought |
| we | will have undersought |
| you | will have undersought |
| they | will have undersought |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | underseek |
| you | underseek |
| he;she;it | underseek |
| we | underseek |
| you | underseek |
| they | underseek |
Perfect
| I | have undersought |
| you | have undersought |
| he;she;it | have undersought |
| we | have undersought |
| you | have undersought |
| they | have undersought |
Imperfect
| I | undersought |
| you | undersought |
| he;she;it | undersought |
| we | undersought |
| you | undersought |
| they | undersought |
Pluperfect
| I | had undersought |
| you | had undersought |
| he;she;it | had undersought |
| we | had undersought |
| you | had undersought |
| they | had undersought |
Conditional
Present
| I | would underseek |
| you | would underseek |
| he;she;it | would underseek |
| we | would underseek |
| you | would underseek |
| they | would underseek |
Perfect
| I | would have undersought |
| you | would have undersought |
| he;she;it | would have undersought |
| we | would have undersought |
| you | would have undersought |
| they | would have undersought |
Imperative
| you | underseek |
| we | Let's underseek |
| you | underseek |
Verbs similar to 'underseek'
underfeed,
underfeel,
underkeep,
underpeep,
underpeer,
underseal,
undersell,
undersend,
underset,
undersleep,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English underseken, onderseken (also undersechen), from Old English undersēcan (“to investigate, examine”), equivalent to under- + seek. Cognate with West Frisian ûndersykje (“to research”), Dutch onderzoeken (“to investigate, probe, examine”), German untersuchen (“to examine, investigate, explore”). See: Old English '
undersecan', Dutch '
onderzoeken', German, old spelling '
untersuchen'.
Verbs referencing "underseek"
Dutch
onderzoeken, German, old spelling
untersuchen.
Sample Sentences
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Hans parted his lips. "Underseeking your customs was the Kratzer's great work, and I have the sentence in my head that this example will please him. Perhaps. [2007, Michael Flynn, Eifelheim - Page 206:]
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Bindman et al. (1995) found that there is little propensity to underseek care for serious conditions indicating that need can be a substantial motive for the use ^([sic]) health care services. [2007, Paul Richard Brezinski, Veteran Status, Health Status, and Use of Health Services - Page 24:]
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While basic economic theory predicts that all collective or public goods will be "underdemanded" due to collective action problems, the extent to which public goods are undersought is a function of the size of the group benefiting from the public good and the distribution of benefits within that group. [2008, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Symposium: the domestic commander in chief - Page 1277:]