Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to undercut
Participle: undercut
Gerund: undercutting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | undercut |
| you | undercut |
| he;she;it | undercuts |
| we | undercut |
| you | undercut |
| they | undercut |
Perfect
| I | have undercut |
| you | have undercut |
| he;she;it | has undercut |
| we | have undercut |
| you | have undercut |
| they | have undercut |
Past
| I | undercut |
| you | undercut |
| he;she;it | undercut |
| we | undercut |
| you | undercut |
| they | undercut |
Pluperfect
| I | had undercut |
| you | had undercut |
| he;she;it | had undercut |
| we | had undercut |
| you | had undercut |
| they | had undercut |
Future
| I | will undercut |
| you | will undercut |
| he;she;it | will undercut |
| we | will undercut |
| you | will undercut |
| they | will undercut |
Future Perfect
| I | will have undercut |
| you | will have undercut |
| he;she;it | will have undercut |
| we | will have undercut |
| you | will have undercut |
| they | will have undercut |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | undercut |
| you | undercut |
| he;she;it | undercut |
| we | undercut |
| you | undercut |
| they | undercut |
Perfect
| I | have undercut |
| you | have undercut |
| he;she;it | have undercut |
| we | have undercut |
| you | have undercut |
| they | have undercut |
Imperfect
| I | undercut |
| you | undercut |
| he;she;it | undercut |
| we | undercut |
| you | undercut |
| they | undercut |
Pluperfect
| I | had undercut |
| you | had undercut |
| he;she;it | had undercut |
| we | had undercut |
| you | had undercut |
| they | had undercut |
Conditional
Present
| I | would undercut |
| you | would undercut |
| he;she;it | would undercut |
| we | would undercut |
| you | would undercut |
| they | would undercut |
Perfect
| I | would have undercut |
| you | would have undercut |
| he;she;it | would have undercut |
| we | would have undercut |
| you | would have undercut |
| they | would have undercut |
Imperative
| you | undercut |
| we | Let's undercut |
| you | undercut |
Verbs conjugated like 'undercut'
beset,
broadcast,
burst,
bust,
cost,
crosscut,
cut,
forecast,
hit,
hurt,
inset,
let,
misread,
overset,
overspread,
put,
read,
rebroadcast,
recut,
relet, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'undercut'
underput,
intercut,
underact,
underbet,
underbuy,
undercast,
underclub,
undercoat,
undercount,
undercry,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1382, "to cut down or off," from under + cut (v.). In the commercial sense of "to sell at lower prices" (or work at lower wages) it is first attested 1884. Fig. sense of "render unstable, undermine" is recorded from 1955, from earlier lit. meaning "cut so as to leave the upper portion larger than the lower" (1874).
2. From Middle English undercutten, equivalent to under- + cut.
Sample Sentences
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The fact that, to cover low tariffs on bulk commodities, the railways have to charge very high rates on high-value goods, such as manufactures, has provided road operators with a golden opportunity to undercut the railway. [1959 November, J. N. Westwood, “The Railways of Canada”, in Trains Illustrated, page 555:]
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Though Bane’s sing-song voice gives his pronouncements a funny lilt, he doesn’t have any of the Joker’s deranged wit, and Nolan isn’t interested in undercutting his seriousness for the sake of a breezier entertainment. [2012 July 18, Scott Tobias, “The Dark Knight Rises”, in AV Club:]
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This was a very generous way of describing the swarm of cables, kit-bashed thaumatic cores, Noogenic foci and para-technological inverters, all surrounded by an astoundingly complex cognitohazardous sigil and multiple ontological anchors. This, simultaneously, simplified the interdisciplinary effort that had swelled in a miniscule amount of time, and undercut the sheer conceptual impact this could leave in all of their respective fields. [2025 February 4, Queerious, “Don't Let Them Forget”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 28 Feb 2025:]