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underpromise

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.
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See also

underpromised underpromises underpromising underpromote underpromoted underpromotes

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