underbuild verb2 •To perform insufficient construction on a building or in an area; build below a specified requirement or standard.Appellee was obliged to overbuild, rather than underbuild, the appellant's telephone line for the distance of these six spans for the following reason [...] — 1903 •To build beneath another structure; provide a foundation or support for; undergird.The two eastern arches have been underbuilt for the sake of strengthening them. — 1900 formsunderbuilt · underbuilding · underbuilds