undertime

C2+ Topic:General Vocabulary

US /ˈʌndɚtaɪm/ UK /ˈʌndətaɪm/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
time worked below the scheduled or normal number of hours

The factory logged hours of undertime during the slow season.

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Opposites

overtime

Word family

Related forms time overtime

Etymology

From under- ('below, less than') + time, from Old English tīma ('time, period'), from Proto-Germanic *tīmô. Modeled as the converse of overtime.

under Old English tīma Old English *tīmô Proto-Germanic

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General Vocabulary

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# undertime

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈʌndɚtaɪm/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈʌndətaɪm/

## Meanings
1. time worked below the scheduled or normal number of hours

## Examples
- The factory logged hours of undertime during the slow season.

## Antonyms
- overtime

## Related Forms
- time
- overtime

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: under
- Root: tīma
- Root: *tīmô

## Etymology
From under- ('below, less than') + time, from Old English tīma ('time, period'), from Proto-Germanic *tīmô. Modeled as the converse of overtime.

## AI Etymology
Undertime is from under- ('below, less than') + time, from Old English tīma ('time, period'), from Proto-Germanic *tīmô. Modeled as the converse of overtime. Important recorded forms include under (Old English), tīma (Old English), and *tīmô (Proto-Germanic). Morphologically, the under- element contributes the sense of beneath, lower rank, concealment, or insufficiency, depending on the base it modifies. The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers time worked below the scheduled or normal number of hours. The wider family includes related words such as time and overtime.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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