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View synonyms for undermost

undermost

[ uhn-der-mohst ]

adjective

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


undermost

/ ˈʌndəˌməʊst /

adjective

  1. being the furthest under; lowest


adverb

  1. in the lowest place

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Word History and Origins

Origin of undermost1

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

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Example Sentences

The undermost rings should have thin joints, those of each succeeding ring being slightly thickened.

The weight of this rottenness lay heaviest of all on the labouring poor, who stood undermost in the social scale.

Upon upsetting, it unaccountably happened that poor Mr Stone was always undermost.

The chain kinked time and again as he groped with the undermost hand for the openings; his dumpy, pudgy form writhed grotesquely.

I tried the undermost side, next—and instantly discovered the smear of the paint from the door of Rachel's boudoir!

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