a photographic negative or print that is imperfect because of insufficient exposure
Word origin
[1870–75; under- + exposure]This word is first recorded in the period 1870–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Mafia, asymmetric, billing, immobilize, onshoreunder- is a prefixal use of under, as to indicate place or situation below or beneath (underbrush; undertow); lower in grade or dignity (undersheriff; understudy); of lesser degree, extent, or amount (undersized); or insufficiency (underfeed)
Examples of 'underexposure' in a sentence
underexposure
And so it remains reasonably fresh in 2003, if only as a result of its continuing underexposure.