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underawed en · ADJ
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Insufficiently awestruck; unimpressed.
Encumbered scriveners can usually count on having their egos trimmed regularly by eager and chronically underawed spouses.
1985, Robert L. Steed, Money, Power, and Sex: A Self-help Guide for All Ages, →ISBN, page 127:Garrett is so underawed that when asked whether he'll bring the Kid in or not, he simply turns and rides away without bothering to respond.
2002, Neil Fulwood, The Films of Sam Peckinpah, →ISBN, page 115:The underawed Baldinucci goes on to explain how Guidotti was flapping with all his strength as he fell—but eventually he could flap no more.
2007, Michael Abrams, Birdmen, Batmen, and Skyflyers, →ISBN:
Forms
underawed en · VERB
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(form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of underawe