1. To weaken an argument, authority, or advantage by attacking its basis.
2. To charge less than a competitor for a comparable offering.
3. To cut or erode beneath something, leaving it less supported.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- undercut an argument
- undercut credibility
On the page
The missing records undercut the report's credibility.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- undercut
- Past tense
- undercut
- Past participle
- undercut
- Present participle
- undercutting
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- undercut
- Present continuous
- am/is/are undercutting
- Present perfect
- have/has undercut
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been undercutting
- Past
- undercut
- Past continuous
- was/were undercutting
- Past perfect
- had undercut
- Past perfect continuous
- had been undercutting
- Future
- will undercut
- Future continuous
- will be undercutting
- Future perfect
- will have undercut
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been undercutting
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Usage notes
Primary category: analysis / argumentation / evidence. Forms: undercut; undercuts; undercut; undercut; undercutting Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: argumentation, evidence, inference. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: undercuts.
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