The term UNDERFOOT is composed of four words: SOLE, DOWNTRODDEN, ABJECT, and UNDERGROUND. SOLE is a four-letter word meaning the bottom of a foot or shoe. DOWNTRODDEN is an eleven-letter word meaning oppressed or humiliated. ABJECT is a six-letter word meaning miserable or wretched. UNDERGROUND is an eleven-letter word meaning beneath the surface of the earth. Together, these words describe a situation in which someone is oppressed, humiliated, and miserable, and is figuratively underfoot, or beneath the notice of those in power.