under-partedadj.
/ˌʌndəˈpɑːtᵻd/, U.S. /ˌəndərˈpɑrdəd/ rare.
Of an actor: cast in an insufficient role. Cf. undercast v. 4.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [adjective] > cast, type-cast, or miscast
parted1612
under-parted1890
overparted1896
type-cast1946
1890 G. B. Shaw in Star 2 May 2/3 Mr Coffin, being a handsome young man, and considerably under-parted to boot, had an easy time of it.
1898 G. B. Shaw in Sat. Rev. 15 Jan. 75/2 Miss May Harvey..is almost dangerously underparted.
1984 Daily Tel. 14 Aug. 7/8 Only the underparted Andrew Cruickshank as the Abbot, with his hissed cry of ‘heresy!’ in a superb scene of denunciation, strikes the right balance between malevolence and outrageousness.
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adj.1890