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undersold

undersold is the simple past and past participle 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

Adjective

undersold (comparative more undersold, superlative most undersold)

  1. Sold with insufficient enthusiasm.
    • Wow, that flavor with the mint leaves is undersold. It's a hidden gem.

Forms of undersold

comparativemore undersold
superlativemost undersold

Questions about undersold

What does undersold mean?
Undersold means sold with insufficient enthusiasm.
What is undersold the simple past and past participle of?
Undersold is the simple past and past participle of undersell.
What part of speech is undersold?
Undersold is an adjective.

Words near undersold in the dictionary

  1. undersociety
  2. undersock
  3. undersocks
  4. undersoil
  5. undersoils
  6. undersold
  7. undersole
  8. undersoles
  9. undersong
  10. undersongs
  11. undersought

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Adapted from Wiktionary: undersold (page history and authors); undersell (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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