Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

undersung

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-sung
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Insufficiently valued or praised

Example Sentences

"But plays dont perform themselves, and the most inspiring story of the season may be the return to the center spotlight of that undersung asset, the actor."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English sung English undersung From under- + sung.

Inflected Forms

more undersung (comparative) most undersung (superlative)

Questions

What does undersung mean?: Insufficiently valued or praised
Where does undersung come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English sung English undersung From under- + sung.

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