underweening

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) Undervaluation.

Adjective

 * 1) Extremely modest.
 * 2) * 1971, New York: Volume 4:
 * But when this same, very likable but nebbishy comedian pretends to be that supremely ambitious youth, Phaethon, the tragic ride in the chariot of the Sun-God is reduced from overweening to underweening.
 * But when this same, very likable but nebbishy comedian pretends to be that supremely ambitious youth, Phaethon, the tragic ride in the chariot of the Sun-God is reduced from overweening to underweening.