Underattended

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of underattend form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Attended by too few people.

    "At 4D, husky boys Roman Ricardo, Ford Croell, Doug E. Fresh, Vito Bruno and Russel Buckingham attempt to make the underattended club seem crowded."

  2. 2
    Given too little attention.

    "The selection includes novels by authors who have received little academic attention — Abraham Rodriguez, Achy Obejas, and Benjamin Alire Saenz — along with underattended texts from more renowned writers — Rosario Ferre, Coco Fusco, and Guillermo Gómez-Peña."

Example

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"At 4D, husky boys Roman Ricardo, Ford Croell, Doug E. Fresh, Vito Bruno and Russel Buckingham attempt to make the underattended club seem crowded."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From under- + attended.

Etymology 2

From underattend + -ed.

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