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undershapen

adjective

Under the usual size; dwarfish; small.

Scrabble 17

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Meanings

adjectiveundershapen (comparative more undershapen, superlative most undershapen)

comparative more undershapen · superlative most undershapen

nonce wordpoeticUnder the usual size; dwarfish; small.
His dwarf, a vicious under-shapen thing, / Struck at her with his whip, and she return'd / Indignant to the Queen; […]
1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Enid”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, pages 22–23

Origin

From under- + shapen.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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