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underdiscussed

underdiscussed adjective: that is not discussed enough. Also the simple past and past participle of underdiscuss.

Adjective

underdiscussed (comparative more underdiscussed, superlative most underdiscussed)

  1. That is not discussed enough.
    • There's one more symptom of morning sickness that I think is so important and so underdiscussed that I want to give it its own chapter, and that is depression.2014, Elizabeth Kaledin, The Morning Sickness Companion
    • An obvious but underdiscussed consequence of changing prime minister is that a huge proportion of other ministers will automatically change too.2026 June 22, Tom Clark, “The ungovernable country? Why Britain keeps losing prime ministers”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Also used as

underdiscussed is also the simple past and past participle of underdiscuss.

Forms of underdiscussed

comparativemore underdiscussed
superlativemost underdiscussed

Origin of underdiscussed

From under- + discussed.

From underdiscuss + -ed.

Questions about underdiscussed

What does underdiscussed mean?
Underdiscussed means that is not discussed enough.
What part of speech is underdiscussed?
Underdiscussed is an adjective.

Words near underdiscussed in the dictionary

  1. underdirecting
  2. underdirects
  3. underdisciplined
  4. underdiscrimination
  5. underdiscuss
  6. underdiscussed
  7. underdiscusses
  8. underdiscussing
  9. underdispersed
  10. underdispersion
  11. underdispersive

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