Meaning & use
underdressed
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Dressed too casually or informally for a particular occasion or setting.
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She felt underdressed in jeans when everyone else arrived in formal gowns.
He worried about being underdressed for the business dinner, so he grabbed a blazer at the last minute.
A note on using this word
Always relative to the expectations of a specific event, rather than describing an absolute standard of dress.
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underdonecasually dressed
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