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undercut

[uhn-der-kuht, uhn-der-kuht, uhn-der-kuht] / ˌʌn dərˈkʌt, ˈʌn dərˌkʌt, ˈʌn dərˌkʌt /


VERB
undersell
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What happens when companies harvest consumers’ data and use it to undercut and over-price at the same time?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

And Dastmalchian, who portrays Bison with an emphasis on sniveling evil, struggles to quietly undercut the character’s cartoonishly menacing getup.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Fears that SpaceX could undercut wireless rates and squeeze launch capacity led Potter to trim his assumed monthly price for AST SpaceMobile’s service to $12 from $15.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

Given how much those players are worth in terms of wages and their general value in the market you'd imagine City are unlikely to accept being undercut.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Laughter coils around the chandelier-lanterns, racing along each balcony, only to be undercut by the melody of sobs and cries.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

These are hardly examples of the court showing TLC for criminal defendants, and it undercuts Thomas’ claims on Monday.

From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026

But health concerns have helped power a solar backlash that undercuts efforts to broaden energy sources even as customer costs are rising.

From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2026

Where her material invites humility and questions, Ms. Popova undercuts her own themes with answers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

None of the new information substantively undercuts the president's assertion that his friendship with Epstein ended around 2004.

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026

How should this calm, learned man know anything about undercuts or science in blows?

From In the Midst of Alarms by Robert Barr

This serves their goals of undercutting both their target’s work and the institutions they represent.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

With less of a coastal buffer, any large waves that come in “will have even greater impact on the shoreline, with more likelihood of flooding and undercutting of cliffs,” he added.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

With rebounding oil prices fueling inflation concerns, rising yields are already pushing up mortgage rates and undercutting the stock rally.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

There might be an even bigger competitive threat in the form of Chinese AI entrants undercutting the entire market.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

He was holding the Lombard back and shouting, “You offer a usurious rate! Forty percent! Forty! My uncle offered thirty. Thirty is reasonable! Thirty is standard! But thirty is undercutting now?”

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz


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