undercaffeinated

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

under- +‎ caffeinated

Adjective[edit]

undercaffeinated (comparative more undercaffeinated, superlative most undercaffeinated)

  1. Insufficiently caffeinated.
    • 2008 May 11, Frank Rich, “Party Like It’s 2008”, in New York Times[1]:
      Barack Obama’s final, undercaffeinated debate performance, not to mention the Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s attempted character assassination, failed to slow his inexorable path to the Democratic nomination.
    • 2009, Laura Anne Gilman, Bring It On:
      Potato and cheese sitting warm and comforting in her stomach, Wren unfolded the newspaper in front of her, to give a reason to stay at the table, took a last sip of her overbrewed and undercaffeinated coffee...