Word of the Day

Wednesday, July 8, 2026

underfitting

underfitting

/ˈʌndərˌfɪtɪŋ/

When a model is too simple to capture the underlying pattern

“Underfitting resulted in poor performance on both training and test data.”

Etymology — Modern English compound; `under` (insufficient) + `fit` (to be suitable), meaning not fitting closely enough