Undertoned
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 simple past and past participle of undertone form-of, participle, past
- 1 Not sufficiently toned.
- 2 Having an undertone of a specified kind. in-compounds, not-comparable
"Makeup is most often a shopper’s port of entry into recreational buying, yet it is also where race immediately thwarts that lovely sense of possibility. I want foundation by the latest maker, but it’s all too ashen or ruddy for my brown, yellow-undertoned complexion."
Example
More examples"Makeup is most often a shopper’s port of entry into recreational buying, yet it is also where race immediately thwarts that lovely sense of possibility. I want foundation by the latest maker, but it’s all too ashen or ruddy for my brown, yellow-undertoned complexion."
Etymology
From under- + toned.
From undertone + -ed.
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