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Undercut   /ˈəndərkˌət/   Listen
Undercut

verb
(past & past part. undercut; pres. part. undercutting)
1.
Sell cheaper than one's competition.  Synonym: undersell.
2.
Cut away material from the underside of (an object) so as to leave an overhanging portion in relief.
3.
Cut away the underpart of.
4.
Strike (the ball) in golf, tennis, or hockey obliquely downward so as to give a backspin or elevation to the shot.
5.
Cut obliquely into (a tree) below the main cut and on the side toward which the tree will fall.





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"Undercut" Quotes from Famous Books



... the traditions, instincts and morals of Europe and white America. There was also the economic evil—really, of course, only an aspect of the conflict of types of civilization—arising from the fact that these immigrants, being used to a lower standard of life, undercut and cheapened the labour of ...
— A History of the United States • Cecil Chesterton
... often by the acute, lancet; the massive piers by graceful clustered shafts; the grotesque and rudely-sculptured capitals by foliage of the most exquisite character; and the heavy cylindrical mouldings by bands of deeply undercut members." ...
— Our Homeland Churches and How to Study Them • Sidney Heath


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