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under-awed

under-awed is the alternative form of underawed.

Meaning of underawed

Adjective

underawed (comparative more underawed, superlative most underawed)

  1. Insufficiently awestruck; unimpressed.
    • Encumbered scriveners can usually count on having their egos trimmed regularly by eager and chronically underawed spouses.1985, Robert L. Steed, Money, Power, and Sex: A Self-help Guide for All Ages, →ISBN, page 127

Forms of under-awed

comparativemore under-awed
superlativemost under-awed

Questions about under-awed

What is under-awed the alternative form of?
Under-awed is the alternative form of underawed.

Words near under-awed in the dictionary

  1. under-approximations
  2. under-attend
  3. under-attended
  4. under-attending
  5. under-attends
  6. under-awed
  7. under-carter
  8. under-carters
  9. under-diversification
  10. under-diversified
  11. under-diversifies

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