underhope

noun

1. A lowered expectation or hope.

   countable, uncountable

   And the great stedfast underhope that never dies.

   Of baffled struggling crowds and broken cries

Where it comes from

Perhaps from Middle English underhopen (“to consider as secondary, discount”), equivalent to under- + hope.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry underhope (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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