A population of X-ray dominated gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) observed by
Ginga, BeppoSax and HETE-2 experiments should be represented in the BATSE
data as presumably soft bursts. We have performed a search for soft GRBs
in the BATSE records in the 25--100 keV energy band.A softness of a burst spectrum can be a reason why it has been missed by
the on-board procedure and previous searches for untriggered GRBs tuned to
50--300 keV range. We have found a surprisingly small number (~20
yr^{-1} down to 0.1 ph cm^{-2} s^{-1}) of soft GRBs where the count rate is
dominated by 25--50 keV energy channel. This fact as well as the analysis
of HETE-2 and common BeppoSAX/BATSE GRBs indicates that the majority of
GRBs with a low Epeak has a relatively hard tail with the high-energy
power-law photon index beta>-3. An exponential cutoff in GRB spectra below
20 keV may be a distinguishing feature separating non-GRB events.