--- title: "How to pronounce \"under active\" in English | SayItVid" description: "Learn how to say \"under active\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid." image: "https://img.youtube.com/vi/qJ3uV7coZbA/hqdefault.jpg" url: "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/under-active" --- # How to pronounce "under active" in English ## Pronunciation & Phonetics - **IPA**: `/ʌndɛræktæɪv/` - **Syllable Breakdown**: **un·de·rac·tive** - **Native Audio**: [Listen](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/ff/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-underactive.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-underactive.wav.mp3) ## Meaning & Usage ### ADJECTIVE - Less than normally active. - *Example*: "Thus a person with an underactive thyroid can gain weight even on a low-calorie diet." ### Example Sentences - "Thus a person with an underactive thyroid can gain weight even on a low-calorie diet." - "Under active scientific exploration would be the more accurate way to say it, by excellent researchers such as Dr. Matt Kaeberlein up" - "where my thyroid is under active and apparently people who have hypothyroidism can start menopause early I didn't know that and they talked me" ## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips) Listen to native speakers pronounce "under active" in real conversation: ### Example 1 *Accent: US* > "But as far as I know, there wasn't. Under active scientific exploration would be the more accurate way to say it, by excellent researchers such as Dr. Matt Kaeberlein up at the University of Washington in Seattle." - **Watch at 21:37**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ3uV7coZbA&t=1297s) ### Example 2 > "somebody so I did and they said immediately your perimenopausal I had I've got hypothyroidism I've had that since I was 28. where my thyroid is under active and apparently people who have hypothyroidism can start menopause early I didn't know that and they talked me through all the perceived risks and the benefits I didn't know there were any benefits to taking HRT either I thought it was only going to give me" - **Watch at 84:54**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acjj3NsokSo&t=5094s) ### Example 3 > "there are real human consequences. >> Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat are all under active investigation. And here's why the Australian government plans to get tougher. A study published this week in the British Medical Journal found 85% of Australian children under 16 are still on social media despite the ban that was first introduced at the end of last year. Kids are using fake ages," - **Watch at 0:43**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PgOVvMFMvs&t=43s) ### Example 4 > "Uh, sick to my stomach as an American, as a war crimes investigator. uh to see someone uh under active indictment by the International Criminal Court for war crimes uh just in this case uh alone uh welcomed uh by the uh leader of my" - **Watch at 6:50**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6rSTw57SCg&t=410s) ### Example 5 *Accent: US* > "of Death" under active brinicles or in places that used to have them Littered with the skeletons of marine animals that couldn't move fast enough as the ice" - **Watch at 16:28**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyTGFziTw7k&t=988s) ### Example 6 > "convolutions that people use a lot in computer graphics automatically calculate really efficient derivatives of image processing just general image processing algorithms is under active investigation in the graphics world and in the computer vision world so these are two references that are kind of neat papers source to source transformations is something that hasn't really made it it basically has kind of been dormant for" - **Watch at 46:41**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1sHcj3qDNc&t=2801s) ### Example 7 > "unprecedented amount of evidence including at least 200 000 digital tip-offs from various social media platforms at least 300 people are under active investigation and at least 150 have been arrested so far officials say this was just the first phase of what they say is an investigation of unprecedented scope the investigation will" - **Watch at 1:45**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl9dl1BHQlA&t=105s) ### Example 8 *Accent: US* > "itself so this tool is not under active development but there are so many promising opportunities for it um one of of the great things that came out um of" - **Watch at 78:46**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggiLXrrJPFg&t=4726s) ### Example 9 *Accent: US* > "problem it's still uh under active uh suit and we'll see how that plays out" - **Watch at 42:03**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhO_fmzU_EI&t=2523s) ### Example 10 *Accent: US* > "The Sustainable Development Goals are currently under active debate." - **Watch at 21:47**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq9hjVo9Tvs&t=1307s) ## How to Pronounce "under active" - **Syllables**: un · de · rac · tive - **IPA**: `/ʌndɛræktæɪv/` - **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech. ## Related Pronunciations [under the weather](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/under-the-weather), [feeling down](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/feeling-down), [out of sorts](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/out-of-sorts), [run down](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/run-down), [not feeling well](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/not-feeling-well), [sick](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/sick), [under](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/under), [active](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/active) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How do you pronounce “under active”? “under active” is pronounced /ʌndɛræktæɪv/ (un · de · rac · tive). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation. ### How many syllables are in “under active”? “under active” has 4 syllables: un · de · rac · tive. ### What does “under active” mean? Less than normally active. ### How can I hear “under active” used in real sentences? This page has 15 real-world video examples of “under active” with synchronized subtitles. 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