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

But Chris, undermost, had braced his elbow on the floor.

From Raiders Invisible by Hall, Desmond Winter

These Crucibles are laid sloaping, eight undermost, and seven above them, as it were betwixt them, that the Fire may come at them all, each having its particular Furnace or Oven.

From Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666 Giving some Accompt of the present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in many considerable parts of the World by Oldenburg, Henry

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

Let it stand in the press fourteen or sixteen hours, observing to put the cheeses last made undermost.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849