Undergroomed

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Inadequately groomed.

    "[…]an idle extravagance which was mistaken for elegant luxury — tumble-down old hackney-coaches, such as had not been seen north of the Potomac for half a century, harness never cleaned, undergroomed horses[…]"

Example

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"[…]an idle extravagance which was mistaken for elegant luxury — tumble-down old hackney-coaches, such as had not been seen north of the Potomac for half a century, harness never cleaned, undergroomed horses[…]"

Etymology

From under- + groomed.

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