Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underdeliver

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-de-liv-er
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To deliver less, or at an inferior level, than promised or expected

Example Sentences

"[…] the result was a warning to all exhibition organisers about the dangers of overpromising and underdelivering when promoting events."
"Hope Hicks, one of the President’s longest-serving aides, warned Parscale against touting ticket request numbers, reminding him that the number one rule in politics is not to overpromise and underdeliver, a source familiar with the matter said."
""[...] If the economy has tanked... then we don't want to over-promise and under-deliver.""

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English deliver English underdeliver From under- + deliver.

Inflected Forms

underdelivers (present, singular) underdelivering (participle, present) underdelivered (participle, past) underdelivered (past)

Frequently Paired Words

overpromise underdelivery

Questions

What does underdeliver mean?: To deliver less, or at an inferior level, than promised or expected
Where does underdeliver come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English deliver English underdeliver From under- + deliver.

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