undercelebrated

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adjective

Not having received as much fame as one deserves.

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Meanings

adjectiveundercelebrated (comparative more undercelebrated, superlative most undercelebrated)

comparative more undercelebrated · superlative most undercelebrated

  1. Not having received as much fame as one deserves.

    In “The Recognitions,” the famously undercelebrated doorstop by William Gaddis, the virtuosity of a painter who makes counterfeit “undiscovered” paintings by Flemish masters is the vehicle through which Gaddis questions the genuineness of other forms of art, life and religion.

    2009 February 26, Cintra Wilson, “When Your Clothes Have a Backstory”, in New York Times

Origin

From under- + celebrated.

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APA

undercelebrated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undercelebrated

MLA

“undercelebrated.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undercelebrated. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undercelebrated,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undercelebrated.

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