Meanings
adjectiveunderrehearsed (comparative more underrehearsed, superlative most underrehearsed)
comparative more underrehearsed · superlative most underrehearsed
- performing artsInsufficiently rehearsed
When two or three of the women were supposed to be dancing in unison, arms and legs were often extended at different angles, making the dancers seem sloppy, underrehearsed.
1988 May 13, Justin Hayford, “Cicago Dance Medium”, in Chicago Reader
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-
- Englishrehearsed
- Englishunderrehearsed
Cite this entry
APA
underrehearsed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underrehearsed
MLA
“underrehearsed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underrehearsed. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underrehearsed,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underrehearsed.
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