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underseen

underseen adjective: too little seen. Also the past participle of undersee.

Adjective

underseen (comparative more underseen, superlative most underseen)

  1. Too little seen.
    • New York galleries are in the habit of saving their best — their newest, boldest, oddest — for last, for the annual blitz of end-of-season group shows that give exposure to underseen artists and freelance gigs to promising curators, while the commercial heat is down.2007 June 8, Holland Cotter, “Quirks and Attitude to Burn”, in New York Times

Also used as

underseen is also the past participle of undersee.

Forms of underseen

comparativemore underseen
superlativemost underseen

Origin of underseen

From under- + seen.

Questions about underseen

What does underseen mean?
Underseen means too little seen.
What part of speech is underseen?
Underseen is an adjective.

Words near underseen in the dictionary

  1. undersedation
  2. undersee
  3. underseeded
  4. underseeing
  5. underseek
  6. underseen
  7. undersees
  8. undersegmentation
  9. undersegmentations
  10. undersegmented
  11. underselect

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