How to Use undersell in a Sentence

undersell

verb
  • We will not be undersold.
  • They promised to undersell their competitors.
  • That might be underselling it; these Ravens might be the NFL’s best team.
    — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 17 Nov. 2019
  • Also, do not undersell the absence of Partey in the build-up.
    — Art De Roché, New York Times, 2 May 2025
  • News of Spectacles underselling is the icing on the cake of a rough year for Snap.
    — Natasha Bach, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2017
  • But, well, the holes elsewhere should not be undersold.
    — Samuel Mellinger, kansascity, 13 Mar. 2018
  • But that really undersells the issue at the heart of this.
    — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 5 Sep. 2017
  • If anything, investors think the Fed might have undersold how high rates need to go.
    — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 28 Feb. 2023
  • While the fest has grown in stature, the team has kept the weekend inclusive, going so far as to undersell the three-day event by 20%.
    — Drew Fortune, SPIN, 6 Jan. 2023
  • But that perception may vastly undersell the scale of change that AI is about to bring.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
  • With eleven Top 40 hits to his name, Money is slightly undersold as a rock artist.
    — Scot Bertram, National Review, 23 Sep. 2019
  • The Texas offense has been the media focal point this year but that undersells how strong the defense is as well.
    — Ian Firstenberg, Chicago Tribune, 24 Mar. 2023
  • There was no underselling the importance of the play in either clubhouse.
    — Billy Witz, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2017
  • Not to undersell the body shots, but Zhang didn’t look like a man who wanted to push through adversity.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Perhaps the best way is to note that the game is known in Greece as the Derby of the Eternal Enemies, and that is probably underselling it.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Spoelstra, though, warned not to undersell Butler on the ball, just as Oladipo should not be discounted in the passing lanes.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2023
  • But for this young country, such stately branding was underselling the place.
    — Jack Hitt, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2019
  • The trouble is that Schmidt undersells how far these technologies have already spread beyond the walls of Google.
    — Cade Metz, WIRED, 2 June 2017
  • After two games, the Tar Heels might have been underselling their potential.
    — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2019
  • Calling free safety the linchpin of a Cover-3 defense might be underselling it.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2019
  • This episode starts to bring all the plot threads together without underselling the characters.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2024
  • So to say the Democrat is grounded in his truth is to undersell his mission in the Senate, where this session a record five lawmakers are Black.
    — Philip Elliott, TIME, 6 Feb. 2025
  • More bullish investors may wonder if Frank Lowy has undersold.
    — Stephen Wilmot, WSJ, 12 Dec. 2017
  • But to leave it at that would be, in a way, to undersell the importance of director Sebastian Lelio's film.
    — Mike Scott, NOLA.com, 7 Mar. 2018
  • Koenigsegg may have undersold the capabilities of the Gemera.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 10 July 2023
  • Part of the impact will be felt behind the scenes, in measures aimed at boosting efficiency and cutting costs — key moves in the era of the Amazon undersell.
    — Paul Roberts, The Seattle Times, 7 Jan. 2019
  • Cava is already one of your go-to sparkling wines for brunch mimosas but don't undersell this Spanish bubbly.
    — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Not to undersell George: As a musician, activist and ukulelist, there is nothing lesser about him.
    — John Hodgman, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2021
  • And that number, some academics suggest, may be underselling it.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2024
  • Even that alarming figure would appear to undersell the local problem.
    — Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2025

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