Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

undersell

/ˈʌndɚsˌɛl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.90 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-sell
IPA: /ˈʌndɚsˌɛl/

10

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To sell goods for a lower price than a competitor.

verb

To sell something for less than its value.

verb

To put forward an idea, or to market a new product (or oneself), with insufficient enthusiasm or excessive understatement.

Example Sentences

"Our price-match guarantee: we will not be undersold!"
"Near-synonym: sell short"
"don't undersell it"
"don't undersell yourself"
"But by inferring sleep, the etymology also undersells Siberia's scope, both real and imagined."

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 sell English undersell From under- + sell.

Inflected Forms

undersells (present, singular) underselling (participle, present) undersold (participle, past) undersold (past)

Derived Forms

underseller

Synonyms

undercut sell short

Antonyms

oversell

Rhymes With

well as well tell hell lol sell hotel cell fell bell el personnel

Questions

How do you pronounce undersell?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʌndɚsˌɛl/.
What does undersell mean?: To sell goods for a lower price than a competitor.
Where does undersell 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 sell English undersell From under- + sell.

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