beneath
/bɪˈniːθ/ adverb, prepositionDefinition
UNDER › under something, or in a lower position than something: He hid the letter beneath a pile of papers. She looked out of the window at the children playing beneath.
NOT GOOD ENOUGH › If someone or something is beneath you, you think they are not good enough for you: He thinks housework is beneath him.
(Definition of beneath adverbpreposition from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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