verb
- fails to turn as sharply as intended when steering a vehicle, typically due to loss of front wheel traction
Usage: automotive
Examples
- The car understeers badly on wet roads.
- When he took the corner too fast, the vehicle understeers and went wide.
- This front-wheel-drive car understeers more than expected.
- The driver noticed the car understeers during the sharp turn.
- Ice on the road caused the truck to understeer into the guardrail.