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Rehearsed vs Underrehearsed - What's the difference?

rehearsed | underrehearsed |

As a verb rehearsed

is (rehearse).

As an adjective underrehearsed is

(performing arts) insufficiently rehearsed.

rehearsed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (rehearse)

    • rehearse

    English

    Verb

    (rehears)
  • To repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite.
    • There's no need to rehearse the same old argument; we've heard it before, and we all agree.
  • To narrate; to relate; to tell.
    • The witness rehearsed the events of the night before for the listening detectives.
  • To practice by recitation or repetition in private for experiment and improvement, prior to a public representation; as, to rehearse a tragedy .
    • The lawyer advised her client to rehearse her testimony before the trial date.
  • To cause to rehearse; to instruct by rehearsal.
    • The director rehearsed the cast incessantly in the days leading up to opening night, and as a result they were tired and cranky when it arrived.
  • * Charles Dickens
    • He has been rehearsed by Madame Defarge as to his having seen her.

    Derived terms

    * rehearsal

    underrehearsed

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (performing arts) Insufficiently rehearsed
  • *{{quote-news, year=1988, date=May 13, author=Justin Hayford, title=Cicago Dance Medium, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=When two or three of the women were supposed to be dancing in unison, arms and legs were often extended at different angles, making the dancers seem sloppy, underrehearsed . }}