undercelebrated

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ celebrated.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

undercelebrated (comparative more undercelebrated, superlative most undercelebrated)

1. Not having received as much fame as one deserves.
   • 2009 February 26, Cintra Wilson, “When Your Clothes Have a Backstory”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     In “The Recognitions,” the famously undercelebrated doorstop by William Gaddis, the virtuosity of a painter who makes counterfeit “undiscovered” paintings by Flemish masters is the vehicle through which Gaddis questions the genuineness of other forms of art, life and religion.