Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

undertoned

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-toned
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not sufficiently toned.

adj

Having an undertone of a specified kind.

verb

simple past and past participle of undertone

Example Sentences

"Makeup is most often a shopper’s port of entry into recreational buying, yet it is also where race immediately thwarts that lovely sense of possibility. I want foundation by the latest maker, but it’s all too ashen or ruddy for my brown, yellow-undertoned complexion."
"[…] talk show host Chris Matthews chastised former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney for his racially undertoned birther jokes […]"

Etymology

From under- + toned.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: under
Suffix: undertone

Inflected Forms

more undertoned (comparative) most undertoned (superlative)

Questions

What does undertoned mean?: Not sufficiently toned.
Where does undertoned come from?: From under- + toned.

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