undersee verb4 •To see or look under or below; see below the surface of. •(rare) To neglect; fail to see properly or adequately; turn a blind eye to; ignore.But he didn't read books; he only oversaw, or undersaw, the niggling details of their mass production. — 2002 •To look intently into; examine; inspect. •(humorous) To supervise from below.Damien took an alternate route to oversee (or, more accurately, undersee) the execution of his dirty work. — 2010 formsundersaw · underseen · underseeing · undersees