lowballed; lowballing; lowballs
1
: to give (a customer) a deceptively low price or cost estimate
2
: to give a markedly or unfairly low offer
lowballed him in contract negotiations
lowball
noun
Examples of lowball in a Sentence
It became clear that the contractor had lowballed us on the cost of materials.
Management lowballed him in contract negotiations.
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Advocates for Eaton and Palisades fire survivors accuse virtually every insurance company of attempting to lowball homeowners by using industrial hygienists who conduct inadequate analyses.
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Tony Saavedra, Daily News, 5 Mar. 2026
Nutex says it gets lowballed by Blue Cross Mike Reynoldson, vice president of public affairs at Blue Cross, accused Nutex at a hearing Tuesday of sending every one of its emergency care medical claims, nearly 300 a month from the lone Post Falls hospital, through the dispute resolution process.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 28 Feb. 2026
The poverty line’s narrow focus on food leaves out how much other expenses are now sucking up incomes and lowballing the minimum amount Americans need to get by.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2026
But because the French judge lowballed the American team even more, the Finnish judge’s low score would still have been counted for Chock and Bates but thrown out for Beaudry and Cizeron.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 20 Feb. 2026
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Tony Saavedra, Daily News, 5 Mar. 2026
Nutex says it gets lowballed by Blue Cross Mike Reynoldson, vice president of public affairs at Blue Cross, accused Nutex at a hearing Tuesday of sending every one of its emergency care medical claims, nearly 300 a month from the lone Post Falls hospital, through the dispute resolution process.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 28 Feb. 2026
The poverty line’s narrow focus on food leaves out how much other expenses are now sucking up incomes and lowballing the minimum amount Americans need to get by.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2026
But because the French judge lowballed the American team even more, the Finnish judge’s low score would still have been counted for Chock and Bates but thrown out for Beaudry and Cizeron.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 20 Feb. 2026
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“Lowball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lowball. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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