undertoned en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From under- + toned.
Meanings
- Not sufficiently toned.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most undertoned | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more undertoned | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
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undertoned en · ADJ · etymology 2
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From undertone + -ed.
Meanings
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(in-compounds, not-comparable) Having an undertone of a specified kind.
[…] talk show host Chris Matthews chastised former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney for his racially undertoned birther jokes […]
2012 August 30, The Oracle:Makeup is most often a shopper’s port of entry into recreational buying, yet it is also where race immediately thwarts that lovely sense of possibility. I want foundation by the latest maker, but it’s all too ashen or ruddy for my brown, yellow-undertoned complexion.
2011, Erin Aubry Kaplan, Black Talk, Blue Thoughts and Walking the Color Line: Dispatches From a Black Journalista, Boston: Northeastern University Press, page 19:
undertoned en · VERB · etymology 2
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From undertone + -ed.
Meanings
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(form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of undertone
form of undertone