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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of underdeliver.

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Examples

  • The book underdelivers on its subtitle "On Women, Dancing, Sex and Power": it's really just an autobiographical treatment of Eaves's early adulthood.

    Enough with the stripping already! bradamant 2002

  • She is, without a doubt, one of the sexiest babes in the zodiac, but like her mutable sister sign Gemini, overdelivers in allure what she underdelivers in fidelity.

    HerScopes Charlene Lichtenstein 2000

  • She is, without a doubt, one of the sexiest babes in the zodiac, but like her mutable sister sign Gemini, overdelivers in allure what she underdelivers in fidelity.

    HerScopes Charlene Lichtenstein 2000

  • She is, without a doubt, one of the sexiest babes in the zodiac, but like her mutable sister sign Gemini, overdelivers in allure what she underdelivers in fidelity.

    HerScopes Charlene Lichtenstein 2000

  • For the American people, who have always considered lowering costs to be their highest health care priority, ObamaCare is fast becoming just another Washington program that overspends and underdelivers.

    Latest Articles republicanleader.house.gov 2010

  • For the American people, who have always considered lowering costs to be their highest health care priority, ObamaCare is fast becoming just another Washington program that overspends and underdelivers.

    Latest Articles republicanleader.house.gov 2010

  • As one of the commenters says: "Anyone who overpromises underdelivers."

    Latest Articles National Post 2010

  • We need to pick a problem to solve (OOS), and address it with all elements of the task, not relying on only one piece and throwing our hands up when that one piece underdelivers to one or more stakeholders, when, in fact, the whole process may have been set up to fail.

    Supply Chain Digest 2009

  • He overpromises and underdelivers -- he doesn't even tie the designers in with retailers so people can buy their stuff.

    unknown title 2009

  • Fashion Week Cleveland organizer Donald Shingler overpromises and underdelivers, some critics say

    unknown title 2009

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