undermost

American  

[uhn-der-mohst] / ˈʌn dərˌmoʊst /

adjective

1. lowest, as in position, status, or the like.

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undermost British  

/ ˈʌndəˌməʊst /

adjective

1. being the furthest under; lowest

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adverb

1. in the lowest place

Etymology

Origin of undermost

First recorded in 1545–55; under- + -most

Example Sentences

The straight arm of the shears is the one to fix in the press, for if the bent arm be undermost, the knuckles are apt to be severely bruised against the end.

From Bookbinding, and the Care of Books A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians by Rooke, Noel

In another moment the two figures rolled upon the deck, and the flaxen head was undermost.

From Margaret Tudor A Romance of Old St. Augustine by Gilbert, W. B.

It is a strange thing that we should always have managed to come out undermost whichever party was on top, and of this I cannot tell the reason.

From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

The undermost parts of a drop of water on a support are pressed against the support, and the upper parts are pressed against the lower parts because the latter cannot yield.

From Popular scientific lectures by Mach, Ernst

A Protestant scholar, though one of the very undermost, escaped by the timbers arching over him and some of them slanting against the wall.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter