Past tense of underfeed
The past simple of underfeed is underfed and the past participle is underfed: underfeed – underfed – underfed.
- Base form V1
- underfeed
- Past simple V2
- underfed
- Past participle V3
- underfed
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Meaning of underfeed
To give a person or animal too little to eat
- ExampleThe horses had been badly underfed.
Underfeed, underfed, underfed in sentences
- Past simpleThe farmer underfed the horses.
- Past participleThe animals had been underfed.
Common mistakes
underfeededunderfed. Underfeed is irregular, so it does not take -ed.
Similar verbs
Underfeed is built on feed and changes the same way.
Past simple and past participle the same, like underfeed: have, make, think, say, find, feel, keep, tell.
Common questions
What is the past tense of underfeed?
Underfed. For example: The farmer underfed the horses.
What is the past participle of underfeed?
Underfed. It follows be in the passive, as in The animals had been underfed.
Is underfeed a regular verb?
No. Underfeed is irregular: its past forms do not end in -ed.