undercelebrated

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

under- +‎ celebrated

Adjective[edit]

undercelebrated (comparative more undercelebrated, superlative most undercelebrated)

  1. Not having received as much fame as one deserves.
    • 2009 February 26, Cintra Wilson, “When Your Clothes Have a Backstory”, in New York Times[1]:
      In “The Recognitions,” the famously undercelebrated doorstop by William Gaddis, the virtuosity of a painter who makes counterfeit “undiscovered” paintings by Flemish masters is the vehicle through which Gaddis questions the genuineness of other forms of art, life and religion.