undersell
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Shankly, not one to knowingly undersell his players, told Keegan within a fortnight of arriving at Liverpool that he would play for England.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
"It's really hard to undersell the impact of having a little bit of vision," Brendan says.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2025
Eight consecutive losses to a team probably makes that punctuation appropriate if not a bit of an undersell.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2024
The movies have ostensibly been at death’s door at least since the shift to sync sound, which isn’t to undersell the industry’s business woes.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2023
“He’s finding out how much we’re charging so he can undersell us!”
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
El-Sayed’s close win, in which he underperformed the polling, in some ways undersells his achievement.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
But even Reitzes’ target undersells what is possible.
From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026
Mr. Vartanian also understates the importance of blockchain technology when he acknowledges that “cryptocurrencies and blockchain products have brought efficiencies and advances to payment systems”—faint praise that undersells what is happening in global finance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026
"Everyone starts off with the pace, but I think that really undersells Louis' value," he told Rugby Union Weekly.
From BBC ● May 22, 2025
This has the quality of relative truth; it is true so far as it goes, but it undersells the major values.
From The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 by United States. Dept. of Defense
While an associate justice, Alito’s power on the Court shouldn’t be undersold.
From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2026
Although he never officially requested a trade, he spoke out against the analytics models that he believed undersold his value to his team.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
"I really wanted to see the best of our players, but we undersold ourselves today. That's torture for me."
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2025
Maybe I undersold Polinger as “Raw” 101, or maybe Ducournau is regressing.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025
She’s undersold herself because she’s not simply a hugger, she’s a damn good hugger.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
Without wishing to draw the ire of Swifties, McIntyre may actually be underselling the World Cup’s potential economic impact.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
One key point: Don’t sell yourself short by underselling what you accomplished.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026
“If we miss, we’ve done something totally awesome, rather than underselling what is possible.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025
After this uncharacteristic foray into newsiness, Mulaney doubled down on his self-deprecating style of underselling his series "Everybody's Live," which will air live weekly starting March 12 for 12 weeks.
From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2025
“Why, yes. I would be underselling my competitors.”
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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