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Meaning of underpromise | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To promise less than one expects to do.

intransitive

Examples

““He’s wise not to overpromise, but to underpromise and overdeliver,” said Dave Checketts, a former president of the Knicks and then Madison Square Garden who left in 2001 after a power struggle with James L. Dolan, the chairman of the Garden.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

underpromised underpromises underpromising underpromote underpromoted underpromotes