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underenthused

underenthused adjective: insufficiently enthused.

Adjective

underenthused (comparative more underenthused, superlative most underenthused)

  1. Insufficiently enthused.
    • Even Stan Lee, a creator of the Hulk and Iron Man characters, seems underenthused about the prospects of his green baby.2008 April 10, Brooks Barnes, “What’s Big and Green, and Desperate to Be a Hit All Over?”, in New York Times

Forms of underenthused

comparativemore underenthused
superlativemost underenthused

Origin of underenthused

From under- + enthused.

Questions about underenthused

What does underenthused mean?
Underenthused means insufficiently enthused.
What part of speech is underenthused?
Underenthused is an adjective.

Words near underenthused in the dictionary

  1. underenforcing
  2. underengaged
  3. underengined
  4. underenriched
  5. underenrichment
  6. underenthused
  7. underentitled
  8. underentitlement
  9. underenumeration
  10. underequip
  11. underequipped

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