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German
Etymology
From unter- + irdisch.
Pronunciation
Adjective
unterirdisch (strong nominative masculine singular unterirdischer, not comparable)
- underground, subterranean
- Antonym: überirdisch
- (figuratively, informal) abysmal (extremely bad; terrible)
- Synonyms: unter aller Sau, grottenschlecht
2014, Der Spiegel, number 47/2014, page 136:Die Kommunikationsführung von Bayreuth ist unterirdisch: hoheitlich, kalt und nicht dialogfähig.- The communication management of the Bayreuth Festival is abysmal: authoritarian, cold and unable to communicate.
2022 August 19, Jost Maurin, “taz-Serie Nachtzugkritik: Schlafen super, koten verboten”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:Mit dem Nachtzug zwischen Paris und Nizza kommt man klimafreundlich an die Côte d’Azur. Aber die Toiletten sind unterirdisch.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Positive forms of unterirdisch (uncomparable)
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