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underexamined

underexamined adjective: insufficiently examined; overlooked.

Adjective

underexamined (comparative more underexamined, superlative most underexamined)

  1. Insufficiently examined; overlooked.
    • Wechsberg’s profile is a relative rarity: compared with the chef, who has inspired piles of confessionals and biographies, the great restaurant host is an underexamined creature.2007 January 14, Sara Dickerman, “Are You Being Served?”, in New York Times

Forms of underexamined

comparativemore underexamined
superlativemost underexamined

Origin of underexamined

From under- + examined.

Questions about underexamined

What does underexamined mean?
Underexamined means insufficiently examined; overlooked.
What part of speech is underexamined?
Underexamined is an adjective.

Words near underexamined in the dictionary

  1. underevaluations
  2. underexaggerate
  3. underexaggerated
  4. underexaggerates
  5. underexaggerating
  6. underexamined
  7. underexclusive
  8. underexcretion
  9. underexercise
  10. underexercised
  11. underexercises

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