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underloved

underloved adjective: insufficiently loved; neglected.

Adjective

underloved (comparative more underloved, superlative most underloved)

  1. Insufficiently loved; neglected.
    • Having been underloved for all his short life, he’d learned not to attract his mother’s attention in any negative way.2020, Tayari Jones, Silver Sparrow, Oneworld Publications, pages 121-122

Forms of underloved

comparativemore underloved
superlativemost underloved

Origin of underloved

From under- + loved.

Questions about underloved

What does underloved mean?
Underloved means insufficiently loved; neglected.
What part of speech is underloved?
Underloved is an adjective.

Words near underloved in the dictionary

  1. underlooked
  2. underlooker
  3. underlookers
  4. underlooking
  5. underlooks
  6. underloved
  7. underlubricate
  8. underlubricated
  9. underlubricates
  10. underlubricating
  11. underlubrication

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