Underadjusted

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Having insufficient or inadequate modifications made to fit a particular standard or requirement
2. being not fully attuned to necessary adjustments or changes
3. lacking the necessary alterations to achieve optimal conditions or performance

Etymology: "Underadjusted" is built from two plain English parts: the prefix "under-", meaning insufficiently or too little, and "adjust", which comes from Latin "adjustare," meaning to bring into proper position, formed from "ad-" (to) and "justare" (to fit together, from "justus," just or right). Put together, the word describes something that has been set or calibrated to a degree short of what is needed. The source for this entry treats it as a participle form of "underadjust," which is simply the verb "under-" attached to "adjust." Because "underadjust" is a transparent formation, it needed no special coinage; the meaning is readable straight from its parts, and it is used mainly in technical or descriptive contexts where something has been tuned too little.

Synonyms: inadequately adjusted, misaligned, improperly set, poorly calibrated, insufficiently modified

Antonyms: overadjusted, properly adjusted, correctly set, well calibrated, optimized