underbuild
verbEtymology From under- + build.
1
To build beneath another structure; provide a foundation or support for; undergird.
- The two eastern arches have been underbuilt for the sake of strengthening them.1900, Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Yorkshire archaeological journal: Volume 15:
2
To perform insufficient construction on a building or in an area; build below a specified requirement or standard.
- Appellee was obliged to overbuild, rather than underbuild, the appellant's telephone line for the distance of these six spans for the following reason [...]1903, West Publishing Company, The Northeastern reporter: Volume 65:
- Antonyms
- overbuild
- Derived terms
- underbuilding
- Related terms
- underbuilder