underhyped

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adjective

Receiving less hype than deserved

OriginEnglish hyped ← Middle English under- ← Old English under- →
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Meanings

adjectiveunderhyped (comparative more underhyped, superlative most underhyped)

comparative more underhyped · superlative most underhyped

  1. Receiving less hype than deserved

    All Friday nights at the Mercury Lounge should be like this, and many are: two excellent, underhyped bands and a cover charge that doesn’t necessitate a trip to the A.T.M.

    2007 February 16, The New York Times, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
  7. Proto-Germanic*under
  8. Proto-West Germanic*undar
  9. Old Englishunder-
  10. Middle Englishunder-
  11. Englishunder-
  12. Englishhyped
  13. Englishunderhyped

From under- + hyped.

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APA

underhyped. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underhyped

MLA

“underhyped.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underhyped. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underhyped,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underhyped.

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