Verb (used with object), : By underselling his product, he let his hearers convince themselves of its importance. From Dictionary.com.
The label undersold the calorie count by an average of 8 percent. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 8, 2010] Reference
And never knowingly undersold which is probably true because often they're the only place that sells the thing you are looking for. From Wordnik.com. [WTF?] Reference
He had, as he had said on the phone, undersold it. From Wordnik.com. [Deadly Intent] Reference
Got undersold by war profiteers peddling shoddy goods. From Wordnik.com. [A Corpse is a Corpse]
Literary fiction has consistently undersold popular fiction. From Wordnik.com. [Merrick Hysterics : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits] Reference
Like John Lewis, his schemes and strategies are never knowingly undersold. From Wordnik.com. [Spending review serves up sixpences in a pudding of manure and gravel] Reference
The role of the private sector in poverty reduction should never be undersold. From Wordnik.com. [Australia Encourages Businesses to Help Reduce Poverty in Cambodia] Reference
Errr reality check, John Lewis is always undersold unless you tell them first. From Wordnik.com. [£750 for a cd player?] Reference
"I think we undersold how hard the war would be," he told reporters this week. From Wordnik.com. [Sound Politics: Liberals Think Fighting Terrorism Is a Pain] Reference
Never to be undersold or outdone, Walmart had no choice but to get in the game. From Wordnik.com. [Jessica Rovello: Attention Walmart Corpses!] Reference
Compared with 2005, "on an adjusted basis, it's still very undersold," he said. From Wordnik.com. [Oil Sector Holds Fast,] Reference
Or is it the probable result of financial restrictions and undersold manufacturing?. From Wordnik.com. [Letters to the Editor] Reference
That was certainly deliberate, but it meant that Krivine rather undersold the piece. From Wordnik.com. [Krivine, NSO show lightness of being in Beethoven, Liszt] Reference
This was certainly deliberate, but it meant that Krivine rather undersold the piece. From Wordnik.com. [Krivine leads NSO] Reference
He has never knowingly undersold his talents and is disinclined to back down in arguments. From Wordnik.com. [Wigan focused as Charles N'Zogbia sends Blackpool into relegation zone] Reference
You need a consistent way to serve ads that make you the most money in undersold situations. From Wordnik.com. [Analytics integration for all] Reference
Or maybe it was the near sold-out crowd, which seemed odd after a weekend of undersold performances. From Wordnik.com. [Making Nice with Boris] Reference
The trio of Europeans all play different style games, but all are being undersold for various reasons. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Deep class of forwards in this year's draft] Reference
I imagined myself as Mark Knopfler and just went for it, in that suave, slightly undersold way Mark has. From Wordnik.com. [Would You Become Someone Else To Achieve Your Dreams?] Reference
Coloured undersold the white man when work was scarce, it was in his interests to raise them to his level. From Wordnik.com. [Class & Colour in South Africa 1850-1950 - Chapter 7] Reference
The so-called John Lewis List is based, presumably, upon the idea that John Lewis is never knowingly undersold. From Wordnik.com. [£750 for a cd player?] Reference
Wheat exporters from Russia and Central Europe faced a new international competitor who drastically undersold them. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-10-01] Reference
"These imports significantly undersold U.S. producers and have created a huge inventory buildup in the U.S. market.". From Wordnik.com. [Steelmakers Accuse China of Dumping in the U.S.] Reference
They're used to a history of being over-promised and undersold when it comes to fixing our broken immigration system. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 8, 2007] Reference
What they did is they basically, they undersold the oil and Saddam got a kickback and they over bought for commodities. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 22, 2004] Reference
Summariser Andy Gray, never knowingly undersold, added: "It's a massive game, massive consequences, and a massive prize.". From Wordnik.com. [Amid election night drama, there was still a place for county cricket] Reference
The old state can always undersell the young one in manufactures, but it is everlastingly undersold by them in agriculture. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844] Reference
The latter so as not to be undersold, "beaten by clever tricks, or crushed to the wall by competitors with immense capital.". From Wordnik.com. [A Short History of US Government Handouts] Reference
Out of 17 auctions for German government bonds so far this year, seven tenders undersold after failing to attract enough bids. From Wordnik.com. [Germany Increases Yield on Its Debt] Reference
It's being widely reported that Activision's highly anticipated new game, DJ Hero, undersold in it's first weeks on the market. From Wordnik.com. [Joshua Glazer: Why DJ Hero Flopped] Reference
I suggested that the protagonist, Faith, wasn't particularly marketable and maybe that was part of the reason the game undersold. From Wordnik.com. [Women Audiences, Women Characters] Reference
You and the Mwangaza have in my estimation undersold yourselves to this no-balls Syndicate by approximately one thousand per cent. From Wordnik.com. [The mission song]
Their slogan - "Never knowingly undersold" - still holds power. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
It's because you oversold him and you undersold the last president. From Wordnik.com. [Gateway Pundit] Reference
At presstime, the inventory on news sites appeared to be undersold. From Wordnik.com. [C - Advertising News] Reference
As others have mentioned, you have maybe undersold the reluctance of women in their early. From Wordnik.com. [Waxy.org Links] Reference
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