underdressed

1. 1.

   inadequately or too informally clothed

   Similarclothed

Questions about underdressed

What does underdressed mean?

underdressed means "inadequately or too informally clothed".

How many syllables are in underdressed?

underdressed has 3 syllables and divides as under-dres-sed under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is underdressed a common word?

underdressed is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.