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underrealized

underrealized adjective: inadequately realized.

Adjective

underrealized (comparative more underrealized, superlative most underrealized)

  1. Inadequately realized.
    • Murray’s characters are both overdetermined and underrealized.2007 September 2, Bee Wilson, “Secret Histories”, in New York Times

Forms of underrealized

comparativemore underrealized
superlativemost underrealized

Origin of underrealized

From under- + realized.

Questions about underrealized

What does underrealized mean?
Underrealized means inadequately realized.
What part of speech is underrealized?
Underrealized is an adjective.

Words near underrealized in the dictionary

  1. underreaders
  2. underreading
  3. underreadings
  4. underreads
  5. underready
  6. underrealized
  7. underrealm
  8. underrealms
  9. underreckon
  10. underreckoned
  11. underreckoning

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