submerged

[ suh b-murjd ]

/ səbˈmɜrdʒd /

under the surface of water or any other enveloping medium; inundated.

hidden, covered, or unknown: There are many submerged facts which could have a bearing on the case.

poverty-stricken; destitute; impoverished: a program to aid the submerged socioeconomic groups.

Origin of submerged

First recorded in 1790–1800; submerge + -ed²

half-sub·merged, adjective non·sub·merged, adjective sem·i·sub·merged, adjective un·sub·merged, adjective

His grasp was reassuring, and Agatha watched the straining curves of canvas and the line of half-submerged hull.

Masters of the Wheat-Lands |Harold Bindloss
He gave the half-submerged woman a hand and drew her out to the side of the road, and upon a comparatively dry spot.

Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie |Alice B. Emerson
The half-submerged willows were bending in the current and water-mark after water-mark disappeared on the bridge piles.

The Man from the Bitter Roots |Caroline Lockhart
In a brown pool, in which a half-submerged willow-tree grew, he saw a large grayish shape which resembled a horse.

Boyhood in Norway |Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen

He was half-submerged in electrically-charged water, and chlorine gas was coming in through the voice-pipes from the batteries.

The Story of Our Submarines |John Graham Bower

submerged

/ (səbˈmɜːdʒd) /

(of plants or plant parts) growing beneath the surface of the water

hidden; obscured

overwhelmed or overburdened