different between underthing vs underthink

English

Etymology

under- +? thing

Noun

underthing (plural underthings)

1. (chiefly in the plural) An undergarment.
   • 1928, D. H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover

     'Have you left your underthings off?' he asked her. 'Yes!' 'Ay, well, then I'll take my things off too.'

   • 1979, Lewis Yablonsky, The extra-sex factor: why over half of America's married men play around (page 64)

     My wife would never dare to buy an underthing that was anything but white or black. She thought you had to be a hooker to wear colors.

Anagrams

• thundering

English

Etymology

From under- +? think.

Verb

underthink (third-person singular simple present underthinks, present participle underthinking, simple past and past participle underthought)

1. To give insufficient thought or consideration to; fail to consider adequately.
   • 2007, Brian Haig, Man in the Middle:

     There was a new one; usually, I underthink these things.

   • 2008, Jeffrey Kluger, Simplexity:

     This gives us plenty of opportunity to overthink — or underthink — the problem, and this is where we really start to bollix things up.

Antonyms

• overthink

Derived terms

• underthinker