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English
Etymology
From under- + dress.
Verb
underdress (third-person singular simple present underdresses, present participle underdressing, simple past and past participle underdressed)
- (transitive, intransitive) To dress in insufficiently warm clothes.
- (transitive, intransitive) To dress in insufficiently formal clothes.
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Noun
underdress (countable and uncountable, plural underdresses)
- (countable) Any dress (feminine-style garment) worn under another, especially under an overdress.
- (countable, uncountable) Any garment (any clothing) that is worn under another but is not underwear.
- Coordinate term: underwear
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