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
Politicians had also sometimes used the term to "undersell the role", it says.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2024
Tribus and Gittens dance with skill and elegance, but they undersell the blink-and-you’ll-miss-them jokes so much that they barely register.
From New York Times ● May 8, 2024
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
“He’s finding out how much we’re charging so he can undersell us!”
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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
The only way that Scott might not be a vice presidential “hopeful” is that the phrase undersells it.
From Slate ● Feb. 22, 2024
The commercial nation that undersells Englishmen in England, Frenchmen in France, Italians in Italy and Turks in Turkey, consumes more malt liquor than they drink of all other liquors.
From Greifenstein by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
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
The most recent auction in May was not only undersold, but left an estimated $961 million of credits on the table, according to a report from the nonprofit Clean and Prosperous California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2025
The retailer said its strategy for boosting the business included the return of its "never knowingly undersold" price pledge, which it announced last week.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2024
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
One key point: Don’t sell yourself short by underselling what you accomplished.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026
In fact, he might have been underselling things.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026
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
To say that the Tejano rapper is at home onstage would be underselling the concept of comfort.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2023
“Why, yes. I would be underselling my competitors.”
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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