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

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undermost

Tie it neatly up with packthread across and across, put the top undermost, and place it in an earthen pan.

From The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. by Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury

The undermost wrapper consists of a cloth of rather fine texture.

From Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests by Thomasina Ross

Of these last, indeed, he seemed to be in dread, for, whenever one was presented to him, he retired to a corner, and coiled himself up, with his head undermost.

From Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. by Various

What was undermost should be topmost, and what was topmost should be undermost!—See there, now! his leg is longer than mine!—whip it off, and away with it!

From A Christmas Greeting by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

But this loving Christ goes down, down, down into the thickest, most pestilential atmosphere, reeking with sin and corruption, and stretches out a rescuing hand to the most abject and undermost of all the victims.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John by Alexander Maclaren