underawed
English
Verb
underawed
- simple past tense and past participle of underawe
Adjective
underawed (comparative more underawed, superlative most underawed)
- Insufficiently awestruck; unimpressed.
- 1985, Robert L. Steed, Money, Power, and Sex: A Self-help Guide for All Ages, →ISBN, page 127:
- Encumbered scriveners can usually count on having their egos trimmed regularly by eager and chronically underawed spouses.
- 2002, Neil Fulwood, The Films of Sam Peckinpah, →ISBN, page 115:
- Garrett is so underawed that when asked whether he'll bring the Kid in or not, he simply turns and rides away without bothering to respond.
- 2007, Michael Abrams, Birdmen, Batmen, and Skyflyers, →ISBN:
- The underawed Baldinucci goes on to explain how Guidotti was flapping with all his strength as he fell—but eventually he could flap no more.
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