as in lower
of, relating to, or located at the bottom
the undermost layer of the mattress filling should provide firm back support
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Adjective
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And ultimately, the Supreme Court overruled those lower court rulings and did declare the embryos as children qualifying under the wrongful death statute.—
Dana Taylor,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 2024 -
Lower gas demand amid increasing supply has led to lower pump prices.—
Frank Witsil,
Detroit Free Press,
19 June 2023
Adjective
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With six goals and 16 points in 35 games, the 33-year-old's defensive impact and role in the bottom six are unparalleled, filling a void that was missing in the Kraken's makeup.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
1 Feb. 2025
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In the two games since then, dominant wins in Toronto and Montreal, Hynes has seen some results from the receipt of his message, most notably in the hard-nosed play of bottom six forwards.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
31 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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In music, attenuation is comparable to damping a tone, which produces a lower volume, Deuss said.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN,
31 Jan. 2025
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Last year, the city had its lowest number recorded since 2018, according to the news release.—
Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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In the 1920s, a surgeon named Frederick Barrington, of University College London, went looking for the on-off switch in the brainstem, the lowermost part of the brain that connects with the spinal cord.—
Emily Underwood,
Smithsonian Magazine,
5 June 2024
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Reading became difficult: the white of the page took on a wince-inducing glare, and the words frosted over, like the lowermost lines on the optometrist’s eye chart.—
Andrew Leland,
The New Yorker,
8 July 2023
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“Undermost.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undermost. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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