underpromise en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From under- + promise.
Meanings
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(intransitive) To promise less than one expects to do.
“He’s wise not to overpromise, but to underpromise and overdeliver,” said Dave Checketts, a former president of the Knicks and then Madison Square Garden who left in 2001 after a power struggle with James L. Dolan, the chairman of the Garden.
2008 April 4, Richard Sandomir, “Fixing a Broken Dream One Night at a Time”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| underpromising | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| underpromises | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| underpromised | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| underpromised | Tense=Past | lexicographic |