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For an aggregation function $A$ we know that it is bounded by $A^{*}$ and $A_{*}$ which are its super-additive and sub-additive transformations, respectively. Also, it is known that if $A^{*}$ is directionally convex, then $A=A^{*}$ and $A_{*}$ is linear; similarly, if $A_{*}$ is directionally concave, then $A=A_{*}$ and $A^{*}$ is linear. We generalize these results replacing the directional convexity and concavity conditions by the weaker assumptions of overrunning a super-additive function and underrunning a sub-additive function, respectively.