underselling

verb

Definition of undersellingnext
present participle of undersell
as in monopolizing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underselling
  1. selling
  2. engrossing
  3. speculating
  4. peddling
  5. distributing
Verb
  • Unlike spies who serve their country, the Black Doves work for cash, selling secrets to the highest bidder.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • On a recent morning, around 100 citizens lined up in front of a government truck in Dhaka that was selling oil, rice and vegetables at subsidized rates.
    Saif Hasnat Atul Loke, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of selling
Verb
  • Dynamic action scenes also compliment Ji-an’s surprising discoveries throughout this pulpy and engrossing crime thriller.
    Simon Abrams, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
  • But the majority of the images are engrossing, sensitive, and often startling portraits of famous people, including Joan Didion, Brice Marden, Kara Walker, Salman Rushdie, Billie Eilish, and Cindy Sherman.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of engrossing
Verb
  • The group discusses each video’s development and reception, while speculating as to why viewers connected so much with, say, Natalie Portman rapping obscenities.
    Marnie Shure, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Their predictions range from speculating about Disney CEO Bob Iger’s succession to the future of Comcast and The Washington Post.
    Michele Luhn, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of speculating
Verb
  • Some might suggest that peddling ideas of heroic viticulture is akin to marketing gamesmanship, that the consumer is forced to foot the bill for wines produced too far from the tenets of entrepreneurship and economies of scale.
    Paul Caputo, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
  • But Musk has gone even further, peddling some of the Republican’s most inflammatory claims.
    Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
Definition of peddling
Verb
  • In February 2014, Bonilla was sentenced in New Haven federal court to 68 months in prison and four years of supervised release for distributing heroin, court records show.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The joint task force operation found the organization was distributing various drugs, including opioids, high-grade marijuana, THC products and MDMA.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of distributing
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