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English
Etymology
From under- + promise.
Pronunciation
Verb
underpromise (third-person singular simple present underpromises, present participle underpromising, simple past and past participle underpromised)
- (intransitive) To promise less than one expects to do.
2008 April 4, Richard Sandomir, “Fixing a Broken Dream One Night at a Time”, in New York Times:“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.
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