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underselling

underselling is the present participle and gerund of undersell.

Meaning of undersell

Verb

undersell (third-person singular simple present undersells, present participle underselling, simple past and past participle undersold)

  1. To sell goods for a lower price than a competitor.
    • Our price-match guarantee: we will not be undersold!
    Synonyms:
    undercut
  2. To sell something for less than its value.
  3. To put forward an idea, or to market a new product (or oneself), with insufficient enthusiasm or excessive understatement.
    • Near-synonym: sell short
    Synonyms:
    sell short
    Antonyms:
    oversell

Noun

underselling (uncountable)

  1. The act or practice of underselling.
    • All this rampant underselling has more or less forced the government's hand: they will seek ways to prevent it from having deflationary and involutionary effects on the national economy.

Questions about underselling

What does underselling mean?
Underselling means the act or practice of underselling.
What is underselling the present participle and gerund of?
Underselling is the present participle and gerund of undersell.
What part of speech is underselling?
Underselling is a noun.

Words near underselling in the dictionary

  1. underselects
  2. underself
  3. undersell
  4. underseller
  5. undersellers
  6. underselling
  7. undersells
  8. underselves
  9. undersend
  10. undersending
  11. undersends

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