undercelebrated
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From under- + celebrated.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]undercelebrated (comparative more undercelebrated, superlative most undercelebrated)
- 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.