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单词 underpitched
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underpitchedadj.

Etymology: under- prefix1 5(a).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˌunderˈpitched.
(Also ˈunderˌpitched.)
1. Set at an insufficient angle; having too little pitch.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [adjective] > type of roof
thatched1467
side?a1475
thacked1530
vaulted1552
shingleda1563
slated1611
unshingled1611
high-pitch1614
slate-pointed1648
killesed1649
hipped1663
pantiledc1672
overpitched1677
underpitched1677
low-pitcheda1684
pitched1773
theeked1792
peaked1797
shingle1810
thackless1810
choppered1818
wagon-headed1823
unlathed1854
break-back1856
shingly1857
saddleback1861
scaled1862
gambrelled1863
thatchy1864
weather-slated1870
thatchless1882
weather-tiled1887
monopitch1941
tile-roofed1962
1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 274 Roofs..whereof some are flat or under-pitched,..others due proportion'd, or over-pitched.
2. Cricket. Of a ball: pitched short of a length; = short adj. 16.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [adjective] > types of delivery or ball
wide1827
shooting1833
full-pitched1834
bumping1851
overpitched1855
hand over head1862
bumpy1864
right arm1877
breaking1881
fast-breaking1893
leg-breaking1896
hittable1898
off-breaking1904
inswinging1920
underpitched1927
outswinging1929
1927 Daily Tel. 14 June 6/1 Allen..began to pull Larwood's slightly under-pitched one—a manoeuvre which showed..that he meant to get close to the ball.
1963 Times 14 Feb. 3/1 Knight, it is true, is a disappointing fielder and looks vulnerable to the under-pitched ball.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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