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underdressed

underdressed adjective: insufficiently dressed, as for cold weather. Also the simple past and past participle of underdress.

Adjective

underdressed (comparative more underdressed, superlative most underdressed)

  1. Insufficiently dressed, as for cold weather.
  2. Insufficiently well-dressed, as for a formal event.

Also used as

underdressed is also the simple past and past participle of underdress.

Forms of underdressed

comparativemore underdressed
superlativemost underdressed

Origin of underdressed

From under- + dressed.

From underdress + -ed.

Questions about underdressed

What does underdressed mean?
Underdressed means insufficiently dressed, as for cold weather.
What part of speech is underdressed?
Underdressed is an adjective.

Words near underdressed in the dictionary

  1. underdrawing
  2. underdrawings
  3. underdrawn
  4. underdraws
  5. underdress
  6. underdressed
  7. underdresser
  8. underdressers
  9. underdresses
  10. underdressing
  11. underdrew

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