underact

Verb
Synonyms: underplay

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Verb (1)

  1. act (a role) with great restraintSynonyms: underplayOpposite hamMore general act, play
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Un′der·act′ transitive verb

To perform inefficiently, as a play; to act feebly.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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