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undercaffeinated en · ADJ

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Etymology

From under- + caffeinated.

Meanings

1. Insufficiently caffeinated.
   • A diplomat whose approach to contentious negotiations was decidedly undercaffeinated.
   • 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. 2008 May 11, Frank Rich, “Party Like It’s 2008”, in New York Times:
   • 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... 2009, Laura Anne Gilman, Bring It On:

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