undersold

verb

past tense of undersell
as in monopolized

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undersold
  1. monopolized
  2. sold
  3. engrossed
  4. marketed
  5. smuggled
  6. speculated
  7. purchased
  8. peddled
Verb
  • Dishwasher racks are valuable real estate that shouldn’t be monopolized by your cat and his Fancy Feast.
    — John Hodgman, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • At times of heightened tensions, the Houthis have used the Bab el-Mandeb as a geopolitical bargaining tool, disrupting the passage of trade in a similar fashion to how Tehran has monopolized the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the Iran war.
    — Tiago Ventura, Time, 16 July 2026
Definition of monopolized
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  • The Yellow Affair has also sold Árru to international territories including Angel Distribution (Denmark), Bíó Paradís (Iceland), Filmwelt (Germany, Austria), Fivia (Ex-Yugoslavia), Otaku Mtü (Baltics), Palace (Australia / New Zealand).
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Tatcha’s top three stock keeping units today include its $74 Dewy Skin Cream, one jar of which is sold every 30 seconds, as well as the lightweight Water Cream and Rice Wash face wash, priced at $74 and $40, respectively.
    — Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of sold
Verb
  • In one inexhaustible untitled image from 1980, the couple sits in elegant dress at a candlelit table engrossed in each other’s company, while the young, shirtless son adjusts the channel on a television perched on the near side of the same table.
    — Leah Ollman, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • After traveling to Oakland from Colorado, Lori Schott read aloud a diary entry from her daughter, Annalee, who died by suicide at 18 after becoming engrossed with Meta’s apps.
    — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of engrossed
Verb
  • When the East Plano Islamic Center proposed a 400-acre development north of Dallas anchored by a mosque, an Islamic school and homes marketed to Muslim families, the response wasn’t ordinary zoning review.
    — Asma Uddin, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The drug, marketed as Bixlenvo, is aimed at patients whose virus is already under control but who remain on complicated treatment regimens.
    — Justina Lee, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of marketed
Verb
  • Simonian is believed to have smuggled Egyptian relics to institutions that include the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Louvre Abu Dhabi for a collective sum of $64 million.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 26 Aug. 2026
  • In the melee the Koh-i-Noor was smuggled to the Persian general Ahmad Khan Abdali by a devoted harem member.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of smuggled
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  • Love was unclear on the reasons for her volte-face, but speculated that Sky had failed to convince Bake Off stars like Paul Hollywood to make the switch.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Kennedy speculated that the deaths in Samoa may have been caused by issues with different vaccine lots.
    — Ali Swenson, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of speculated
Verb
  • Hansen has purchased preshow advertising on every screen showing the upcoming A24 release, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Gaming is a key part of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 goals—its Public Investment Fund purchased video game company Electronic Arts for $55 billion earlier this month.
    — Inzamam Rashid, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of purchased
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  • Named after Blythe Street — a short thoroughfare flanked by overcrowded apartments — the crew had robbed, stole, peddled drugs and shot up rivals since the 1980s, seemingly untroubled by the city of Los Angeles’ attempts to defeat it.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • This is one truth that never has aligned with the lies peddled by those who hope to turn children’s sports into a battleground.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of peddled
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“Undersold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undersold. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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