undersell
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"It's really hard to undersell the impact of having a little bit of vision," Brendan says.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2025
To say it confounded Buehler would undersell the toll it took on his usually unflappable psyche.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2024
"Don't undersell someone who comes from outside a system to change the system," Bruce Cahan, a professional colleague, said.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 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
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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
But believing that Citigroup is ripe for another relapse undersells how much has changed at the bank—and around it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 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
But spending time around that ferry has made me wonder if modern life has undersold inconvenience.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Alex Hassell, who plays Rupert, not knowingly undersold in the show as the "handsomest man in England", says that, to his surprise, his on-screen relationship has become a hit with Gen Z.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
The close-ups of their faces, as they crumple or freeze in the act of realization, are devastating, and not just for those undersold at $1.
From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2024
What‘s more, the suit says, the new agreements with Disney+ and Hulu were “‘sweetheart’ deals” that undersold how much value Disney was actually getting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2023
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
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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
From the size of the crowds standing outside theaters showing “Anora” at Telluride, you might have suspected Baker was underselling his movie a bit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2024
“Why, yes. I would be underselling my competitors.”
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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