Obs. [UNDER-1 10 b.] One who is no match for another; an inferior rival.
a. 1661. Fuller, Worthies, Denbigh (1662), 34. He was no contemptible Historian, but I confesse an under-match to Doctor Hackwell.
1769. Goldsm., Hist. Rome (1786), I. 281. Claudius Nero … appearing an under-match for the cunning of the Carthaginian general.
