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Definition of "undercast" [un•der•cast]

  • Something viewed from above through another medium, as of clouds viewed from an airplane. (noun)
  • To allocate the parts in (a play or film) to insufficiently skilled actors. (verb)
  • To throw under or beneath. (verb)

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Use "undercast" in a sentence
  • "Beneath them was thick undercast, a carpet of clouds opaque to their eyes but transparent to electronic surveillance systems."
  • "Too bad about the Nanetta and Fenton; such lovely parts, usually a bit undercast."
  • "Eradicate No. 3 targeted the Mitsubishi factory at Nagoya, and only twenty-eight of seventy-three planes attacked the primary from above a nearly solid undercast."