undersung

Insufficiently valued or praised

Adjective

  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...

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English sung English undersung From under- + sung.

Forms

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