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un⋅der⋅sell

  [uhn-der-sel]
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–verb (used with object), -sold, -sell⋅ing.
1. to sell more cheaply than.
2. to advertise with restraint; understate the merits of (something): By underselling his product, he let his hearers convince themselves of its importance.
3. to sell for less than the actual value.
Origin:
1615–25; under- + sell

Related forms:
un⋅der⋅sell⋅er, noun
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un·der·sell   (ŭn'dər-sěl')   
tr.v.   un·der·sold (-sōld'), un·der·sell·ing, un·der·sells

  1. To sell goods for a lower price than (another seller): undersell the competition.

  2. To sell (something) at a price less than the actual value.

  3. To present (an idea, for example) with little or insufficient enthusiasm: Now that our proposal has failed, it's obvious that we undersold it.

un'der·sell'er n.
un·der·sold   (ŭn'dər-sōld')   
v.  Past tense and past participle of undersell.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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