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undersung

undersung adjective: insufficiently valued or praised.

Adjective

undersung (comparative more undersung, superlative most undersung)

  1. Insufficiently valued or praised
    • But plays dont perform themselves, and the most inspiring story of the season may be the return to the center spotlight of that undersung asset, the actor.2007 December 30, Charles Isherwood, “Plays Well With Others”, in New York Times

Forms of undersung

comparativemore undersung
superlativemost undersung

Origin of undersung

From under- + sung.

Questions about undersung

What does undersung mean?
Undersung means insufficiently valued or praised.
What part of speech is undersung?
Undersung is an adjective.

Words near undersung in the dictionary

  1. undersufficiently
  2. undersuit
  3. undersuits
  4. undersulfated
  5. undersulfation
  6. undersung
  7. undersupervisor
  8. undersupervisors
  9. undersupplementation
  10. undersupplied
  11. undersupplies

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