Underteach

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To fail to provide instruction adequate to a student's capacity or learning needs
2. To give less thorough or challenging teaching than a learner requires or could benefit from
3. To instruct with insufficient depth, rigor, or pace for the abilities of those being taught

Etymology: "Underteach" is a plain compound: the prefix "under-" joined to "teach." The prefix carries its old sense of "below" or "insufficiently," so the verb means to teach less than is needed or to fail to teach something adequately. It works the same way as other "under-" verbs such as "underestimate" or "undercook," where the prefix signals a shortfall rather than a physical position beneath something.

Antonyms: overteach