Definition of "underlive" in Englisch

verb

1. (transitive) To live under; live beneath (something); to fail to live up to (something).

   • 1684, Thomas Blomer (translator), “Coriolanus” in John Dryden (editor), Plutarch’s Lives, London: J. & R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1749, Volume 2, p. 244, Such a Man looks upon Fame, not as a Reward of his present Virtue, but as an Earnest he has given of his future Performances; and is ashamed to underlive the Credit he has won, and not outshine his past illustrious Actions.
   • 1786, “A Set of Resolutions for Old Age” in Andrew Kippis (ed.), The New Annual Register, London: G.G.J. & J. Robinson, Volume 6, p. 233, Not to indulge too much in the luxury of the table, nor yet to underlive the constitution.

2. (transitive) To fail to reach (a certain age).

   • 1901, Abstract of “The Duration of Life” by R. C. Brankston, The Charlotte Medical Journal, Volume 18, No. 5, May 1901, p. 425, In the course of a few generations we shall have cultivated a vitality which would give us invariably at birth, an expectancy of 130 years, which age would be usual and except for unavoidable accident would never be underlived, but generally exceeded.

3. (transitive) To live on fewer resources than (someone).

4. (intransitive) To live on insufficient resources.

5. (intransitive) To live in an overcautious or unfulfilling manner.