lowballed; lowballing; lowballs
1
: to give (a customer) a deceptively low price or cost estimate
2
: to give a markedly or unfairly low offer
lowballed him in contract negotiations
lowball
noun
Examples of lowball in a Sentence
It became clear that the contractor had lowballed us on the cost of materials.
Management lowballed him in contract negotiations.
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Moscow has also lowballed inflation substantially, according to Stenergard, who pointed out that Russia’s official inflation figure in 2024 was 10% while the central bank hiked interest rates to 21% that year.
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 24 May 2026
A lot of these babies have bum agents that lowball them.
—Zak Cheney-Rice, Vulture, 13 May 2026
Advocates for Eaton and Palisades fire survivors accuse virtually every insurance company of attempting to lowball homeowners by using industrial hygienists who conduct inadequate analyses.
—Tony Saavedra, Daily News, 5 Mar. 2026
Nutex says it gets lowballed by Blue Cross Mike Reynoldson, vice president of public affairs at Blue Cross, accused Nutex at a hearing Tuesday of sending every one of its emergency care medical claims, nearly 300 a month from the lone Post Falls hospital, through the dispute resolution process.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 28 Feb. 2026
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 24 May 2026
A lot of these babies have bum agents that lowball them.
—Zak Cheney-Rice, Vulture, 13 May 2026
Advocates for Eaton and Palisades fire survivors accuse virtually every insurance company of attempting to lowball homeowners by using industrial hygienists who conduct inadequate analyses.
—Tony Saavedra, Daily News, 5 Mar. 2026
Nutex says it gets lowballed by Blue Cross Mike Reynoldson, vice president of public affairs at Blue Cross, accused Nutex at a hearing Tuesday of sending every one of its emergency care medical claims, nearly 300 a month from the lone Post Falls hospital, through the dispute resolution process.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 28 Feb. 2026
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“Lowball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lowball. Accessed 29 May. 2026.
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