underdressed

/ ˌʌndəˈdrɛst /

adjective

wearing clothes that are not elaborate or formal enough for a particular occasion

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If Williams had been in school, someone might have noticed that she was underdressed and emaciated.

There I sat as an underdressed, 31-year-old, naive imperialist in the making.

The pancakes got there, realized they were underdressed, jumped into a vat of hot oil...and came out as funnel cake.

I have her overdressed, I have her decidedly underdressed, but she is much the same girl.

Was she, for instance, the underdressed one with the mole, or the rawboned giggler?

Remember this: it is always better to be underdressed than to be overdressed.

Furthermore, he had a painful consciousness of being conspicuous among the underdressed men.

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