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Meaning undercut meaning

What does undercut mean?

undercut

— noun a notch cut in the trunk of tree in order to determine the direction of its fall — noun a cut made underneath to remove material — noun the material removed by a cut made underneath — verb strike (the ball) in golf, tennis, or hockey obliquely downward so as to give a backspin or elevation to the shot — verb cut obliquely into (a tree) below the main cut and on the side toward which the tree will fall — verb cut away the underpart of undercut a vein of ore — verb cut away material from the underside of (an object) so as to leave an overhanging portion in relief — verb (= undersell) sell cheaper than one's competition — noun (= cut) (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball cuts do not bother a good tennis player — noun (= tenderloin) the tender meat of the loin muscle on each side of the vertebral column

Synonyms undercut synonyms

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undercut English » English

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Conjugation undercut conjugation

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undercut · verb

Examples undercut examples

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Movie subtitles

And there's very stiff penalties for anyone that tries to undercut my rate.
You never have faith in my plans, you undercut my enthusiasm.
I have been working up a good mad all day and I am not about to let you undercut it by agreeing with me.
You left a sick kid here to undercut me in front of the Pediatrics staff.
If I say one thing don't undercut me and say another.
And I just thought I would undercut all of that.
Only suppliers don't tend to undercut each other on prices, they just try and get rid of the competition.
You know, always trying to undercut me.
Undercut slightly by the rapid-fire delivery and constant movement.
You have no idea how many times he's lied to you, undercut your authority, made you look like crap to other doctors.
Great way to undercut my power.
They come in, they undercut everything, and they run us out of business.
I just hope your honesty doesn't undercut your irreverence.
If you knock, I'll undercut you.
How the hell you always get mixed up. Under no circumstances will I and I hope no others, capitulate to those that want to undercut what's all good in America.
There's no way that I'm going to undercut Dominic.
Tragic tale. Undercut slightly by the rapid-fire delivery and constant movement.
The most important thing is that you and Carmela are in agreement on the issues, that you don't undercut each other or act at cross-purposes.
He undercut us and he may have cost that kid his life!
The Russian and me are both getting undercut.
You sure you wanna undercut your price on the street?
Daniels didn't undercut Burrell?
Don't ever let your first chair get undercut like that again.
You don't undercut your co-counsel!
Is she undercut?
Doesn 't this murder undercut our moral authority to condemn human rights violations in China?
With such a large profit margin, they could undercut whatever's left of the established trade.
You try to undercut me at every turn.
Kind of undercut myself there.
Daniels wasn't even on my radar. Daniels didn't undercut Burrell?
Then use it as an undercut.
Something to undercut Christy's driver.

News and current affairs

If the US really wants to undercut terrorism, it must recognize the interconnectedness of extremism, poverty, and environmental degradation, and it will need to understand the struggles for survival that are underway among the poor everywhere.
But, without a degree of prudence based upon comprehension of the context, visions turn from grand to grandiose and undercut the values that they seek to promote.
But they cannot fail to notice that the processes they support undercut their own position by rendering the wealth gap more obvious and the fairness of the actual global distribution more questionable.
But it is one thing for Saudi Arabia not to join an embargo, and it is another to undercut oil politics by flooding the market in a pro-US move.
Only one remains at all credible: the need to transform the Middle East through democratization and thereby undercut support for terrorists.
Finally, the belief that democracy and economic reform will undercut terrorism is based on a series of assumptions that may or may not prove accurate.
Another development is the increasing tendency of military generals to speak out of turn on strategic issues and undercut diplomatic strategy.
At times, the US has effectively - if unintentionally - undercut Iran's position.
But the misuse of military resources can also undercut soft power.
This is not in everyone's interest, to be sure: Pointing out the benefits of cheap labor will not persuade people whose wages might be undercut.
If we are to win Muslim hearts and minds and undercut Islam's integralist threat, we must recognize that defending national security cannot come at the price of ignoring human rights and freedoms.
How else, says the US, could China undercut American producers in so many areas?
But other jurisdictions should not act to undercut the restrictions imposed by home authorities.
And its soft power is undercut by ethnocentric attitudes and policies.
Rouhani can undercut hardliners who would seek to block any ultimate deal only if the Iranian population both experiences economic relief and attributes it to his administration.
But is this a good enough explanation? As rewards went up, why did new competitors, prepared to undercut, fail to come into the market?
Willingness to hold the dollar may be undercut by concern with America's twin fiscal and external deficits.
The speech drew the most attention for calling on Israel to return to its 1967 borders, but the effect was undercut when Israel flatly rejected the US position.
Indeed, the domestic crackdown on human-rights activists undercut the soft-power gains of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
From this perspective, China's currency policies not only undercut the competitiveness of African and other poor regions' industries; they also undermine those regions' fundamental growth engines.
In fact, 2010 will be remembered as the year that Chinese leaders undercut their country's own interests by kindling fears of an expansionist China, thereby facilitating America's return to center stage in Asia.
What she does not seem to recognize is that America's deteriorating ties with Russia - a key conduit for US military supplies to Afghanistan - could undercut its basing strategy.
Third, poor political management of the reform undercut the dynamic gains that could have resulted.
Those inept comments fatally undercut the government's summoning of the Chinese ambassador to demand a return to the status quo ante.
Peru's recent actions have severely undercut its ability to act as a global climate leader, to everyone's detriment.

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