Meanings
adjectiveunderrealized (comparative more underrealized, superlative most underrealized)
comparative more underrealized · superlative most underrealized
- Inadequately realized.
Murray’s characters are both overdetermined and underrealized.
2007 September 2, Bee Wilson, “Secret Histories”, in New York Times
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
- Proto-Germanic*under
- Proto-West Germanic*undar
- Old Englishunder-
- Middle Englishunder-
- Englishunder-
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁ís
- Proto-Italic*reis
- Classical Latinrēs
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Late Latinreālis
- Old Frenchree
- Middle Englishreal
- Englishreal
- Englishrealized
- Englishunderrealized
Cite this entry
APA
underrealized. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underrealized
MLA
“underrealized.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underrealized. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underrealized,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underrealized.
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