undercovered

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adjective

Insufficiently covered (against risk).

Scrabble 19

Meanings

undercovered1

adjectiveundercovered (comparative more undercovered, superlative most undercovered)

comparative more undercovered · superlative most undercovered

  1. Insufficiently covered (against risk).

    If you are looking for a way to invest in undercovered stocks, Ms. Twitchell noted that an exchange traded fund opened last September, the Claymore/Sabrient Stealth E.T.F., “which provides exposure to an index of 150 stocks covered by two or fewer analysts.”

    2007 July 7, Paul B. Brown Who Is 5-Foot-10, “Look for the Overlooked Stocks”, in New York Times
  2. Having too little coverage.

    To go outside the unusual, to report the uncovered or undercovered, reporters have to find new listening posts.

    2006, George Padgett, New Directions in Diversity, →ISBN

undercovered2

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of undercover

Origin

undercovered · adjective

From under- + covered.

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APA

undercovered. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undercovered

MLA

“undercovered.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undercovered. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undercovered,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undercovered.

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