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: under-dres-sed. The stress falls on "under".

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.