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To live under; live beneath (something); to fail to live up to (something).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- 1684, Thomas Blomer (translator), “Coriolanus” in John Dryden (editor), Plutarch’s Lives, London: J. & R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1749, Volume 2, p. 244, Such a Man looks upon Fame, not as a Reward of his present Virtue, but as an Earnest he has given of his future Performances; and is ashamed to underlive the Credit he has won, and not outshine his past illustrious Actions.
- 1786, “A Set of Resolutions for Old Age” in Andrew Kippis (ed.), The New Annual Register, London: G.G.J. & J. Robinson, Volume 6, p. 233, Not to indulge too much in the luxury of the table, nor yet to underlive the constitution.
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To fail to reach (a certain age).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- 1901, Abstract of “The Duration of Life” by R. C. Brankston, The Charlotte Medical Journal, Volume 18, No. 5, May 1901, p. 425, In the course of a few generations we shall have cultivated a vitality which would give us invariably at birth, an expectancy of 130 years, which age would be usual and except for unavoidable accident would never be underlived, but generally exceeded.
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To live on fewer resources than (someone).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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To live on insufficient resources.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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To live in an overcautious or unfulfilling manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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