undergroomed

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ groomed.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

undergroomed (comparative more undergroomed, superlative most undergroomed)

1. Inadequately groomed.
   • 1954, Sir William Howard Russell, Fletcher Pratt, My Civil War diary, page 20:

     […] 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 […]

   • 2012, Paul V. Stutzman, Hiking Through, page 162:

     I could barely walk, had lost almost forty pounds, and was undernourished and undergroomed.