Definition of underload - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

work

Rare

situation where there is not enough work or weight

Rare

The engine failed due to an underload.

deficiency

insufficiency

Verb

tr.

not enough

Rare

give too little work, weight, or responsibility

Rare

Do not underload the washing machine.

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Examples of underload in a sentence

An underload can lead to employee boredom.
They tend to underload new employees at first.
Don’t underload the truck or it may tip over.

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French:sous-charge, sous-charger, ...
German:Unterlast, unterfordern, ...
Italian:sottocarico, sottocaricare, ...
Spanish:carga insuficiente, subcargar, ...
Portuguese:carga insuficiente, não sobrecarregar, ...
Chinese:负载不足, 装载过少, ...
Japanese:過負荷不足, 過少負荷をかける, ...
Arabic:نَقْص حَمْل, قللَ الحِمل, ...
Hebrew:עוֹמֶס נָמוּךְ, לְהַפְחִית עֲמָס, ...
Russian:недогрузка, недогружать, ...
Ukrainian:недовантаження, недовантажувати, ...
Hindi:अल्पभार, कम भार देना, ...
Bengali:অপ্রতুল লোড, অল্প কাজ দেওয়া, ...
Catalan:càrrega insuficient, carregar poc, ...
Czech:nedostatek práce, nedostatečně zatížit, ...
Danish:underbelastning, belaste for lidt, ...
Dutch:onderbelasting, onderbelasten, ...
Greek:υποφόρτωση, υποφορτώνω, ...
Hungarian:alulterhelés, alulterhelni, ...
Khmer:បន្ទុកមិនគ្រប់គ្រាន់, ដាក់បន្ទុកតិចពេក, ...
Korean:과소부하, 적게 넣다, ...
Persian:کم‌بار, کم بار کردن, ...
Polish:niedociążenie, nie obciążać wystarczająco, ...
Portuguese (BR):subcarga, não sobrecarregar, ...
Romanian:subîncărcare, a subîncărca, ...
Swedish:underbelastning, underbelasta, ...
Thai:ภาระงานต่ำ, ใส่น้อยเกินไป, ...
Turkish:yük azlığı, az yüklemek, ...
Vietnamese:tải trọng thấp, cho ít đồ, ...

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