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underhyped

underhyped adjective: receiving less hype than deserved.

Adjective

underhyped (comparative more underhyped, superlative most underhyped)

  1. Receiving less hype than deserved
    • All Friday nights at the Mercury Lounge should be like this, and many are: two excellent, underhyped bands and a cover charge that doesn’t necessitate a trip to the A.T.M.2007 February 16, The New York Times, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in New York Times

Forms of underhyped

comparativemore underhyped
superlativemost underhyped

Origin of underhyped

From under- + hyped.

Questions about underhyped

What does underhyped mean?
Underhyped means receiving less hype than deserved.
What part of speech is underhyped?
Underhyped is an adjective.

Words near underhyped in the dictionary

  1. underhydrates
  2. underhydrating
  3. underhydration
  4. underhydroxylated
  5. underhydroxylation
  6. underhyped
  7. underided
  8. underidentification
  9. underidentified
  10. underidentify
  11. underilluminated

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