under-recordv.
/ˌʌndərᵻˈkɔːd/, U.S. /ˌəndərəˈkɔrd/, /ˌəndəriˈkɔrd/ transitive.
1. To make too few recordings of (a work or performer). Chiefly passive.
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society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > make recording [verb (transitive)] > make insufficient recordings of
under-record1962
1962 John o' London's 18 Jan. 66/3 Nobody can complain that Britain's favourite oratorio is under-recorded.
2. To record using too low a signal, so that the sound is obscured by other sounds or by instrument noise.
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society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > make recording [verb (transitive)] > record using too low a signal
under-record1968
1968 P. Oliver Screening Blues iii. 122 Though Sunnyland Slim's stentorian voice was under-recorded, his shouting style of blues could be heard outlining the vocal line with its exaggerated rise.
1977 Gramophone Mar. 1481/2 One can under-record to a peak of a few dB below zero on the VU meter.
3. To record (data, information, etc.) insufficiently or inadequately.
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society > communication > record > written record > record in writing [verb (transitive)] > insufficiently or inadequately
under-record1971
1971 H. Wilson Labour Govt. (1974) xxxv. 911 It became clear that for four or five years our national export figures had been increasingly under-recorded.
Derivatives
under-reˈcorded adj.
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society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > [adjective] > having too few recordings made
under-recorded1958
1958 P. Gammond Decca Bk. Jazz xv. 183 There was Teddy Weatherford, a most able but under-recorded musician.
under-reˈcording n.
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society > communication > record > written record > [noun] > action of recording in writing > insufficiently or inadequately
under-recording1971
1971 H. Wilson Labour Govt. (1974) xxxv. 913 In the autumn of 1970 the statisticians had discovered that the 1970 figures were still subject to substantial under-recording.
1980 Times Lit. Suppl. 31 Oct. 1232/4 Such crucial problems as how to compensate for the under-recording of the activities of the poorer inhabitants of Halesowen.
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