"Underlie" Natural Recordings by Native Speakers
To lie beneath or be below something; to be a fundamental or underlying aspect of something.
Examples:
- Many of life's problems underlie the government's conversations about economic policy.
-rons are known for their realizotion of cold-water defects that underlie the elements of the residual termination feature.
The trait of being untrustworthy or deceitful, often by using covert or sneaky means to achieve a goal, rather than being open and honest.<br><br>Example: The company's underhandedness in their business dealings led to a loss of public confidence.<br><br>Synonyms: deceit, dishonesty, duplicity, cunning, insidiousness.<br><br>Antonyms: honesty, transparency, integrity, sincerity, truthfulness.
Not modified or changed in any way, especially in chemistry, meaning not having had a chemical modification (such as the addition of a functional group) added to its original structure.