Underaction

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Underaction \Un"der*ac`tion\, n.
     Subordinate action; a minor action incidental or subsidiary
     to the main story; an episode.
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           The least episodes or underactions . . . are parts


           necessary or convenient to carry on the main design.
                                                    --Dryden.
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