UNDERCUTS Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of undercut

as in grooves

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verb

present tense third-person singular of undercut

as in undermines

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Noun

The bag boasts removable leather loops that can anchor it to the cabin suitcase’s telescopic handle and align the grooves.

— Miles Socha, Footwear News, 12 Nov. 2026
This includes the creation of multiple boulders, craters, and patterns of grooves or ridges.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of grooves

Verb

But that undermines some of leisure’s biggest benefits — like cultivating a sense of joy, wonder, or learning.

— Caitlin Dewey, Vox, 10 Nov. 2026
This undermines their own reversal of the Chancery Court, repeatedly throwing the firm back into the arms of its previous judge to invent a serious of unique reasons to derail the deal.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of undermines

Noun

Brech found discrepancies in the scores of at least 64 people who took the bar exam between July 2020 and July 2025.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Nov. 2026
Coleman had two big runs that helped propel him to 176 yards on 26 carries and two scores in the contest.

— Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Nov. 2026

Definition of scores

Noun

The flavor excels because each ingredient punches above its weight.

— Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 Nov. 2026
Once upon a time, Georgia-Florida was an annual heavyweight fight, two proud programs trading punches and championships while their fans traded insults and cocktails in Jacksonville.

— Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Oct. 2026

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Verb

Years passed, and Boakye watched as both his former partner and many of his friends died of complications from HIV, which infiltrates immune cells and weakens the body’s defenses.

— Diana Kwon, Vox, 11 Nov. 2026
Losing research capacity weakens our ability to generate the next sources of economic growth.

— Carole LaBonne, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of weakens

Noun

These changes would prioritize national media slots at the expense of local ones and wouldn’t go into effect until 2029, when MLB is slated to sign new national TV deals.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 29 Oct. 2026
As a veteran campaigner who is highly familiar with get-out-the-vote efforts, Corey would like to see all Republican slots filled.

— Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 29 Oct. 2026

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