underchoreographed

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ choreographed.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

underchoreographed (comparative more underchoreographed, superlative most underchoreographed)

1. Inadequately choreographed.
   • 1979, High Fidelity Musical America, volume 29, number 2:

     Taylor tried a jape or two as in a campy hootch number for Linda Kent who, for some prankish reason, made her entrance behind an obliging cabbage; but the whole seemed underchoreographed and overdependent upon the winningness of the dancers.

   • 2008 April 10, Alastair Macaulay, “At the Kirov, Can Too Many Cooks Spoil the Ballet?”, in New York Times‎:

     In “Corsaire” the introductory “Naila” waltz looks woefully underchoreographed.