UNDERDRESSING Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

underdressing

verb

present participle of underdress

as in dressing down

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Plus, the medium wash with light fading is great for dressing up or dressing down.

— Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 20 Oct. 2026
And there’s a useful distinction between dressing down to make someone else comfortable and being thoughtful about the signals your clothes send.

— Morgan Sullivan, Glamour, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of dressing down

Verb

That might mean tailoring the way the company tells its story or responds to a client’s questions.

— Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2026
Changing course so close to the early-decision deadline can be difficult for applicants who have spent months tailoring their applications to a specific Cornell school, a distinctive part of the university's application process, according to Beaton.

— Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of tailoring

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Instead of negotiating bills, furnishing a space or dividing household responsibilities, renters can have a more predictable living arrangement and clearer expectations from the start.

— Nathan Miller, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Costs would cover the design, construction, furnishing and equipping of the facility.

— Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of furnishing

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The brand now follows the French scale and goes from 30 to 50, and product development took a classic and hands-on approach based on draping to assess how clothes sit and move on the body.

— Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2026
About 12 minutes later, the array had fully extended, draping over about half of the larger but less capable legacy panel on the P4 truss.

— Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of draping

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This includes the vessel’s design, hull construction, outfitting, and commissioning.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
As a condition of his federal-court sentence, Lewton is prohibited from outfitting or guiding hunters for a full year.

— Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of outfitting

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The East Palo Alto Police Department posted a separate video from the rescue that shows the dog swimming furiously with seagulls circling overhead and firefighters scooping him out of the murky water and swaddling him in towels.

— Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026
After seven years of trapping, swaddling, collaring and monitoring them in the Twin Cities, Miller doesn’t think his middle-school self was far off.

— Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2026

Definition of swaddling

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The company now performs in a basement and is equipping an additional bomb shelter.

— HANNA ARHIROVA, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
Its modular design is intended to support installation in field environments, potentially simplifying the process of equipping vehicles with robotic capabilities.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of equipping

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The Chicks are currently wrapping their Taking the Long Way 20th anniversary tour in celebration of their album.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2026
The building plays with massing by continuing the expression of the base along one side and wrapping the tower at the top.

— Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026

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