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underrehearsed

underrehearsed adjective: insufficiently rehearsed.

Adjective

underrehearsed (comparative more underrehearsed, superlative most underrehearsed)

  1. (performing arts) Insufficiently rehearsed
    • When two or three of the women were supposed to be dancing in unison, arms and legs were often extended at different angles, making the dancers seem sloppy, underrehearsed.1988 May 13, Justin Hayford, “Cicago Dance Medium”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of underrehearsed

comparativemore underrehearsed
superlativemost underrehearsed

Origin of underrehearsed

From under- + rehearsed.

Questions about underrehearsed

What does underrehearsed mean?
Underrehearsed means insufficiently rehearsed.
What part of speech is underrehearsed?
Underrehearsed is an adjective.

Words near underrehearsed in the dictionary

  1. underregulated
  2. underregulates
  3. underregulating
  4. underregulation
  5. underrehearsal
  6. underrehearsed
  7. underrelax
  8. underrelaxation
  9. underrelaxations
  10. underreliance
  11. underrep

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