underhanded
/ˈʌndɚhˈændɪd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.48 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
adv
In an underhanded manner.
noun
verb
simple past and past participle of underhand
Example Sentences
- "Golf is an underhanded game, because we must swing the club in an underhanded motion in order to play the ball off the ground."
- "His underhanded trick backfired and he was disqualified."
- "They were actually underhanded threats to call off the lawsuit and then all insurance agents in the hospital district would get a dividend for the premiums paid."
- "Was the federal government being underhanded and hypocritical in officially praising the merits of federalism, but in missing no opportunity to promote Canadian nationalism?"
- "The pap phoned and we told him that Kirschner probably peddled them himself and now was accusing you of acting underhanded so he did not have out to pay out any more dough."
- "There were underhanded ploys that were effective but were deplored by the hospital administration."
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- Proto-Germanic *handuz Proto-West Germanic *handu Old English hand Middle English hond English hand Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English handed English underhanded From under- + handed.
Inflected Forms
more underhanded (comparative)
most underhanded (superlative)
under-handed (alternative)
the underhanded (canonical, plural)