the underworld
noun
1
: the world of crime and criminals
2
: the place where dead people go in Greek myths
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That’s because the manuscript disappeared when his wife’s suitcase was stolen from a train in Paris in 1922, and now is adrift in the underworld of lost history.
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John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 15 May 2025
This is the song that suggests that, in some kind of timeline, Eurydice and Orpheus have not been defeated in their mission to reunite outside the underworld.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 23 May 2025
The death of a pharmaceutical company chairman unleashes a wave of chaos and power struggles in the underworld.
—Sara Merican, Deadline, 13 May 2025
The sketch series centers a group of characters who navigate workplace conundrums in the underworld.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 10 May 2025
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John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 15 May 2025
This is the song that suggests that, in some kind of timeline, Eurydice and Orpheus have not been defeated in their mission to reunite outside the underworld.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 23 May 2025
The death of a pharmaceutical company chairman unleashes a wave of chaos and power struggles in the underworld.
—Sara Merican, Deadline, 13 May 2025
The sketch series centers a group of characters who navigate workplace conundrums in the underworld.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 10 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for the underworld
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“The underworld.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20underworld. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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