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underdealing

underdealing noun: crafty, unfair, or underhand dealing; trickery. Also the present participle and gerund of underdeal.

Noun

underdealing (countable and uncountable, plural underdealings)

  1. Crafty, unfair, or underhand dealing; trickery.
    • But mentions not that by his underdealing to debauſh Armies heer at home, [...]1649, J[ohn] Milton, chapter XII, in ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLC, page 122

Also used as

underdealing is also the present participle and gerund of underdeal.

Forms of underdealing

pluralunderdealings

Origin of underdealing

From under- + dealing.

Questions about underdealing

What does underdealing mean?
Underdealing means crafty, unfair, or underhand dealing; trickery.
What part of speech is underdealing?
Underdealing is a noun.
What is the plural of underdealing?
The plural of underdealing is underdealings.

Words near underdealing in the dictionary

  1. underdamps
  2. underdanced
  3. underdeacon
  4. underdeacons
  5. underdeal
  6. underdealing
  7. underdealings
  8. underdeals
  9. underdealt
  10. underdecided
  11. underdeck

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