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undermost

[ uhn-der-mohst ]

/ ˈʌn dərˌmoʊst /

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adjective, adverb

lowest, as in position, status, or the like.

Origin of undermost

First recorded in 1545–55; under- + -most

Words nearby undermost

undermanned, undermentioned, undermine, undermining ulcer, undermodulate, undermost, underneath, undernourish, undernourished, undernutrition, underpaid

Example sentences from the Web for undermost

There was lettering, too, upon the undermost side when the man turned it over.

Brother Copas |Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
The two men were soon writhing together on the guard deck, and I was pleased to observe the desperado was undermost.

The Book of the Bush |George Dunderdale
What was undermost should be topmost, and what was topmost should be undermost!See there, now!

A Christmas Greeting |Hans Christian Andersen
The mass of crumbling coffins—some belike (The undermost) with their contents crush'd in, Flatten'd, and shapeless.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 |Various

Thy uppermost stake is of right length; the undermost falleth off, methinks.

Citation and Examination of William Shakspeare |Walter Savage Landor

British Dictionary definitions for undermost

undermost

/ (ˈʌndəˌməʊst) /

adjective

being the furthest under; lowest

adverb

in the lowest place