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understyled

understyled adjective: not made sufficiently stylish.

Adjective

understyled (comparative more understyled, superlative most understyled)

  1. Not made sufficiently stylish.
    • The 190 was underpowered, undersized and certainly understyled, and the ones still on the road look more like used-up Toyota Corollas than Mercedes-Benzes.2007 November 4, Keith Martin, “An Associate Makes Full Partner”, in New York Times

Forms of understyled

comparativemore understyled
superlativemost understyled

Origin of understyled

From under- + styled.

Questions about understyled

What does understyled mean?
Understyled means not made sufficiently stylish.
What part of speech is understyled?
Understyled is an adjective.

Words near understyled in the dictionary

  1. understudied
  2. understudies
  3. understudy
  4. understudying
  5. understuffed
  6. understyled
  7. undersubscribe
  8. undersubscribed
  9. undersubscribes
  10. undersubscribing
  11. undersubscription

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