underpressurize

English

Etymology

under- +‎ pressurize

Verb

underpressurize (third-person singular simple present underpressurizes, present participle underpressurizing, simple past and past participle underpressurized)

1. To bring to too low a pressure.

   Antonym: overpressurize

   • 2009, Albert Meijer, Kees Boersma, Pieter Wagenaar, ICTs, Citizens and Governance: After the Hype!, page 164:

     For example, there was a program that calculated water pressure for systems of water lines; it enabled planners to determine which lines needed to be replaced to ensure that new water lines did not underpressurize the system.