undercutnoun/ˈʌndə(ɹ)kʌt/

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  A cut made in the lower part of something; the material so removed.

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  The notch cut in a tree to direct its fall when being felled.

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  The underside of a sirloin of beef; the fillet.

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  A hairstyle that is shaved or clipped short on the sides and kept long on the top.

  • Maybe it’s true that “the Left can’t meme,” if “the Left” refers to the earnest suburban revolutionary with an undercut and a nose ring who typically stalks your replies on X.
• 5

  A blow dealt upward.

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  A section of a mold or pattern with negative draft angle

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  hobbieslifestylemotor-racingA pit stop strategy in which a driver seeks to gain an advantage over someone by pitting before them and using fresh tyres to make up time.

• 8

  The continuation of the saddle of a rabbit's coat toward the front legs.

undercutverb/ˈʊndə(ɹ)kʊt/

• 1

  To sell (something) at a lower price, or to work for lower wages, than a competitor.

  • 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.
• 2

  To create an overhang by cutting away material from underneath.

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  To undermine.

  • 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.
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  To strike a heavy blow upward.

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  hobbieslifestylemotor-racingTo employ the undercut strategy.

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  To downplay or minimize.

  • 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.

undercutadj/ˈʊndə(ɹ)kʊt/

• 1

  Produced by undercutting.

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  Designed so as to cut from the underside.

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  Having the parts in relief cut under.