Wondering how to use Underdressed in a sentence? Below are 5 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as clothed or clad.
Underdressed meaning
- Insufficiently dressed, as for cold weather.
- Insufficiently well-dressed, as for a formal event.
Using Underdressed
- The main meaning on this page is: Insufficiently dressed, as for cold weather. | Insufficiently well-dressed, as for a formal event.
- Useful related words include: clothed, clad.
- In the example corpus, underdressed often appears in combinations such as: underdressed for, was underdressed.
Context around Underdressed
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Underdressed
- In this selection, "underdressed" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, debate, young and displays stand out and add context to how "underdressed" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a debate underdressed displays to and an underdressed young man. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "underdressed" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with underdressed
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Showing up to a debate underdressed displays to me that you don’t care about this. (16 words)
As a rule, it is always better to be slightly overdressed rather than underdressed for a special occasion. (18 words)
An underdressed young man named Travis showing Rose (Fiona Shaw) the bodies in the ice also seems significant, in that Travis is dead. (23 words)
On the subject of salad, The Lil’ Gem is badass—the type of salad you crave at 2 a.m. In a world of underdressed, under-croutoned salads, Vinny’s responds with just because you’re ordering a salad, doesn’t mean it has to be painful. (47 words)
We wrapped the day at the Governor’s Mansion, where I texted some friends to mention I was underdressed for a wonderfully bougie event. (24 words)
An underdressed young man named Travis showing Rose (Fiona Shaw) the bodies in the ice also seems significant, in that Travis is dead. (23 words)
Example sentences (5)
As a rule, it is always better to be slightly overdressed rather than underdressed for a special occasion.
An underdressed young man named Travis showing Rose (Fiona Shaw) the bodies in the ice also seems significant, in that Travis is dead.
We wrapped the day at the Governor’s Mansion, where I texted some friends to mention I was underdressed for a wonderfully bougie event.
On the subject of salad, The Lil’ Gem is badass—the type of salad you crave at 2 a.m. In a world of underdressed, under-croutoned salads, Vinny’s responds with just because you’re ordering a salad, doesn’t mean it has to be painful.
Showing up to a debate underdressed displays to me that you don’t care about this.
Common combinations with underdressed
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: