Un"der*cur`rent (?), n.
1.
A current below the surface of water, sometimes flowing in a contrary direction to that on the surface.
Totten.
2.
Hence, figuratively, a tendency of feeling, opinion, or the like, in a direction contrary to what is publicly shown; an unseen influence or tendency; as, a strong undercurrent of sentiment in favor of a prisoner.
All the while there was a busy undercurrent in her.
G. Eliot.
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Un"der*cur`rent, a.
Running beneath the surface; hidden.
[R.] "
Undercurrent woe."
Tennyson.
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