to undercharge
/ˌʌndɚtʃˈɑːɹdʒ/
verbcharge (someone) too little money
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1. That might mean that when the cashier accidentally undercharges you, you say something and pay the full price rather than pocketing the extra or that when you have a client that your product just isn't the best fit for, you tell them rather than selling it at any cost.
2. They don't, they either severely undercharge or severely overcharge.
3. She's pretty sure she's actually undercharging for the area, because most of her clients are friends of her aunt.
4. Very similar to kind of the earlier phases where you were at, where you knew that you were severely undercharging because there were everyone was saying yes, and you had more clients than you could handle.
to underexpose
/ˌʌndɚɹɛkspˈoʊz/
verbexpose insufficiently
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1. Looking at the detail in the bottom of the stairs here, it registers nearly black on the V30's image, with the Note 8 faring better overall, but still underexposing compared to the iPhone and the Pixel 2.
2. As I mentioned before, the V30 tends to heavily underexpose the image of the same scene compared to the Pixel 2 and the iPhone, with the note 8 only going about half as far, typically.
3. In low light, Apple isn't afraid of underexposing the blacks, whereas Samsung and Google will bring them up.
4. In bright situations your camera’s meter system will tend to underexpose your shot to balance out the amount of light hitting your sensor.
underhanded
/ˈəndɝˈhændɪd/
adjectivemarked by deception
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1. Reports were publicized of some underhanded tactics used to undermine competitor Lyft.
2. No crime was too cruel and no tactic was too underhanded for COINTELPRO.
3. Number three is this underhanded criticism.
4. So underhanded criticism is number three.
5. Companies and criminals alike can use these devices to collect your valuable data in a variety of underhanded ways.
to underlie
/ˌəndɝˈɫaɪ/
verbto be the basic reason behind something
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1. Ongoing neural activity also underlies our sensory perception.
2. And those things underlie the force of this idea.
3. And that strange combination of traits underlies the spectacular diversity of cyanobacteria.
4. Underlie traits that work out well.
5. The match-finding process underlies the specificity of adaptive immune response.
to undermine
/ˈəndɝˌmaɪn/
verbto gradually decrease the effectiveness, confidence, or power of something or someone
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1. So the dissidents and protesters and so forth are undermining national security.
2. Randomness for Arp undermined conventional notions of authorship.
3. The third century crisis undermines this elite.
4. The denial of due process on campus actually undermines liberal education.
5. Taiwan's liberal democratic values completely undermine China's own hardline nationalistic values.
to underrate
/ˌəndɝˈɹeɪt/
verbconsider someone or something as less important, valuable, or skillful than they actually are
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1. - Wow. - Okay. - Underrated.
2. Underrated and overrated.
3. - Cabbage totally underrated.
4. Underrated and underutilized!
5. Berry smoothie A simple berry smoothie is grossly underrated as a morning drink.
to underscore
/ˌəndɝˈskɔɹ/
verbto stress something's importance or value
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1. These words underscore our work on open government.
2. The life of Prime Minister Modi underscores the limitless promise of this great nation.
3. You underscore the importance of reflection.
4. Furniture and decorative accents underscore the Tuscan style.
5. As well as trav underscore the hooper.
to undersell
/ˈəndɝˌsɛɫ/
verbsell cheaper than one's competition
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1. They are seriously underselling the kick of this thing.
2. - He undersold it.
3. Too low you might undersell the job.
4. But this significantly undersells its importance.
5. This, in fact, undersells the significance of the U.S. market.
to understate
/ˈəndɝˌsteɪt/
verbrepresent as less significant or important
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1. The influence of Walt Disney on today’s popular culture and collective imagination cannot be understated.
2. And if anything, the report understates the scope of the problem.
3. The importance of a comma is understated.
4. The social impact of this war intensity on the Roman political system should not be understated.
5. Mere bribery probably understates the magnitude of the malfeasance here.
to underwrite
/ˈəndɝˌɹaɪt/
verbto financially support a project, activity, etc. and shoulder the responsibility if faced with failure
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1. They were allowed to underwrite retail businesses.
2. When we look for acquisitions, we underwrite in three areas.
3. Instinct has been little better than calculation in underwriting the quality of our love stories.
4. okay we can underwrite for you, but we'll do it for you.
5. What are the particular processes that underwrite biological functioning?
saccharin
/ˈsækɝən/
nounan alternative to sugar which is artificial and used by people who want to lose weight
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1. Take the case of saccharin, an artificial sweetener.
2. Through the early 20th century, saccharin’s popularity as a sugar substitute grew.
3. However, by the 1950s, saccharin started declining in popularity.
4. Saccharin and other chemical sweeteners left a metallic aftertaste.
5. They're fighting about saccharin.
saccharine
/ˈsækɝˌaɪn/
adjectiveoverly sweet
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1. However, he didn’t want to use saccharine to sweeten, for the reasons mentioned above.
2. It's like saccharine motion sickness.
3. There was something saccharine about all of it, even the story of saving the local baseball team that was ripped straight out of a stupid movie.
4. One scene from the episode features an office party performance of John Mayer's saccharine love song "Your Body Is a Wonderland."
5. If you want saccharine overload like double dose of caramel with your popcorn then this is the movie for you.
to deplore
/dɪˈpɫɔɹ/
verbregret strongly
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1. In his prerecorded farewell address, he touted the successes of his presidency and deplored the attack on the Capitol two weeks ago.
2. What is a trait that you most deplore in yourself?
3. What is the trait you most deplore in others?
4. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
5. What is the trait you most deplore in others?
deplorable
/dɪˈpɫɔɹəbəɫ/
adjectivebad; unfortunate
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1. That's kind of deplorable.
2. And Zack's deplorable high jinx will make great TV for perverted sickos.
3. We have a perfectly deplorable person exercising those powers.
4. That's deplorable, unfathomable, improbable.
5. Half of this country are cruel, selfish, deplorable people.
fastidious
/fæˈstɪdiəs/
adjectivedescribing someone who is very particular or demanding about their appearance, grooming, or clothing
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1. Our efforts had to be judged by the chairman of the judges of the famously fastidious Porsche Owners' Club of Great Britain.
2. It is even more fragile, fastidious and miniscule than the bacteria that cause syphilis or gonorrhea.
3. In addition, the truly fastidious would find themselves in a difficult position if toilet seat liners weren’t available.
4. You have to be very fastidious about what you put in your tummy.
5. Just being fastidious.
fastidiousness
/fæstˈɪdɪəsnəs/
nounthe trait of being meticulous about matters of taste or style
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1. His brush strokes twist with furious fastidiousness.
memento
/mɪˈmɛntoʊ/
nounan object or item that is kept as a reminder or souvenir of a person, place, or event
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1. It shares some reverse chronology elements with Memento.
2. This is Memento.
3. Mementos also went here.
4. I got some cool mementos here.
5. Throw away mementos from a failed relationship.
memorable
/ˈmɛmɝəbəɫ/
adjectiveeasy to remember or worth remembering, particularly because of being different or special
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1. No one kind of is memorable.
2. We all have memorable phrases.
3. Our children were memorable.
4. One, be memorable.
5. Now the chorus is pretty memorable.
to hone
/ˈhoʊn/
verbsharpen with a hone
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1. So natural selection has honed this particular physical ability and behavior over generations of hamsters.
2. We honed our murder or music identification skills.
3. We hone the improved idea.
4. Many professional race-car drivers hone their skills at the console.
5. Hone your skills with these tips.
honorarium
/ˌɑnɝˈɛɹiəm/
nouna fee paid for a nominally free service
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1. I think that the most beautiful thing for me is to see all the young people coming along and all the honorariums coming through.
2. The very first Pool was actually an honorarium grant from Burning Man in 2008.
3. I'm prepared to donate my honorarium for today's talk for this mission.
4. There's actually no honorarium for anyone for this thing.
