underdress

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Recent Examples of underdress Don’t underdress like London or New York. Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 6 Dec. 2025
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Verb
  • Each bungalow is outfitted with two cruiser bikes that are perfect for getting around on property.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 3 July 2026
  • The suspects allegedly bought Supermicro servers outfitted with GPUs in Taiwan and then exported them with falsified documentation.
    Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • Staff members assess each child's needs and tailor the lessons accordingly.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 2 July 2026
  • They’re also suited for specific boating environments, with canoeing most frequently seen in rivers, lakes, and shallower waters while sailboats are more tailored for wider distances and uses.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • The outlet reported that workers have been draping the entire arena in fabric since Monday to transform the space.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • Ahead of her opening-round match against French player Elsa Jacquemot, Osaka arrived in the players’ tunnel draped in a custom all-white kimono layered over a floral Nike performance dress.
    Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • Beyond that, $3 million in surplus goods has been used to furnish Homewards homes, and 250 people have been supported into stable employment, per the publication.
    Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 30 June 2026
  • Comcast did not furnish an estimate on the market-capitalization value of the two companies.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • After Cash’s Rick Rubin album, the audience—in New York, at least—was magically transformed into leather jacketed hipster boys working on starter mutton chops and Sarah Lawrence girls wearing gingham skirts and Frye boots, all of them claiming to have grown up on the stuff.
    Corey Seymour, Vogue, 12 June 2025
  • On December 31, the 24-year-old pop star attended Kelce's game against the Cincinnati Bengals wearing a slightly different version of the Chiefs letterman jacket her boyfriend wore on Christmas Day.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 1 Jan. 2024
Verb
  • Lopez wore three custom Ralph Lauren gowns – one a revamp of the designer's turtleneck column dress made with 1,000 handkerchiefs.
    Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • In London, Lexi Minetree attended a special screening of Elle wearing an archival Stella McCartney gown in Elle Woods' signature shade of pink.
    Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026

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“Underdress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underdress. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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