underhope
underhope · underhopes
A lowered expectation or hopeA lowered expectation or hope.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A lowered expectation or hope.
Origin
Perhaps from Middle English underhopen (“to consider as secondary, discount”), equivalentPerhaps from Middle English underhopen (“to consider as secondary, discount”), equivalent to under- + hope.
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Forms
plural: underhopes| Singular | underhope |
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedoverhope
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable