Associations to the word «Underdressed»

Adjective

Verb

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Wiktionary

UNDERDRESS, verb. (transitive) (intransitive) To dress in insufficiently warm clothes.
UNDERDRESS, verb. (transitive) (intransitive) To dress in insufficiently formal clothes.

Dictionary definition

UNDERDRESS, verb. Dress without sufficient warmth; "She was underdressed for the hiking trip and suffered hypothermia".
UNDERDRESS, verb. Dress informally and casually; "On Fridays, employees can underdress".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats