undermost

adjective

ˈən-dər-ˌmōst How to pronounce undermost (audio)
Definition of undermostnext
as in lower
of, relating to, or located at the bottom the undermost layer of the mattress filling should provide firm back support

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undermost
  1. lower
  2. bottom
  3. low
  4. lowermost
Adjective
  • And ultimately, the Supreme Court overruled those lower court rulings and did declare the embryos as children qualifying under the wrongful death statute.
    Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Lower gas demand amid increasing supply has led to lower pump prices.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 19 June 2023
Definition of lower
Adjective
  • In stark contrast, the bottom 20% receive just 6% of employer contributions.
    Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
  • From 1990 to 2019, U.S. median household income rose 55 percent after taxes, transfers, and adjusting for inflation, with income in the bottom fifth seeing a 74 percent gain.
    Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of bottom
Adjective
  • While the current health risk for the general public remains low, people who work with birds, poultry or cows, or have recreational exposure to them, are at higher risk.
    Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
  • People’s participation in both formal and informal service remains low.
    Alice Park, TIME, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of low
Adjective
  • In the 1920s, a surgeon named Frederick Barrington, of University College London, went looking for the on-off switch in the brainstem, the lowermost part of the brain that connects with the spinal cord.
    Emily Underwood, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 June 2024
  • Reading became difficult: the white of the page took on a wince-inducing glare, and the words frosted over, like the lowermost lines on the optometrist’s eye chart.
    Andrew Leland, The New Yorker, 8 July 2023
Definition of lowermost
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