undersell en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English sell English undersell From under- + sell.
Meanings
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To sell goods for a lower price than a competitor.
Our price-match guarantee: we will not be undersold!
- To sell something for less than its value.
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To put forward an idea, or to market a new product (or oneself), with insufficient enthusiasm or excessive understatement.
don't undersell it
But by inferring sleep, the etymology also undersells Siberia's scope, both real and imagined.
2020, Sophy Roberts, The Lost Pianos of Siberia, page 12:Near-synonym: sell short
don't undersell yourself
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| undersells | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| underselling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| undersold | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| undersold | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
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Translations (3)
fi myydä alihintaan (to sell something for less than its value) · fi myydä halvemmalla (to sell for a lower price than a competitor) · fi alimyydä (to put forward an idea, or to market a new product with insufficient enthusiasm)