UNDERSOLD Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

undersold

verb

past tense of undersell

as in monopolized

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While customers drawn by the deal monopolized tables to gorge on order after order of shrimp, restaurants ran out of shrimp and turned away regular customers.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of monopolized

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Municipal issuers sold a record $580 billion in bonds in 2025, up 13% from 2024, with the increase driven largely by new borrowing and tax-exempt issuance rather than refinancing older debt, according to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board.

— Luke Fountain, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
The average new car in America sold for $50,089 in August, crossing over the $50,000 line for the first time since last December, according to Kelley Blue Book data.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of sold

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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

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Sarah Patton, a Compass agent familiar with the buildings, says that a few years ago, when hundreds of units were being marketed downtown, some buildings were making deals, but that’s rare.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 29 Sep. 2026
Now it is marketed for skin conditions, inflammation, muscle pain, weight loss, sleep, hair growth and cognitive function.

— Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of marketed

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In any case, Park smuggled a few zukes over the border—don’t tell Interpol—and gave one to Lily Collins, her Emily costar.

— Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 25 Sep. 2026
The relief was then smuggled out of Syria and ultimately into Dubai, before Palmyra was destroyed by ISIS between 2015 and 2017.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2026

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Some have speculated that the film is about a doctor who operates on an internet-famous person.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2026
Nuclear winter Researchers have long speculated that AI systems could trigger a nuclear war by getting countries to fire warhead-tipped missiles at each other.

— Barbara Ortutay, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of speculated

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Blue Flag Capital purchased the property in summer 2024 and collaborated with Jenny Bukovec Studio on a makeover inspired by the town's maritime history and the chicest resorts in the Mediterranean.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Sep. 2026
Thomas Kaplan, an American businessman and philanthropist, purchased Rembrandt’s ca.

— News Desk, Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of purchased

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The protests were widely broadcast on state media, in sharp contrast to Assad’s days, when state television peddled disinformation to discredit them, including claims that the protests were staged from faraway studios in Qatar.

— Tala Alrajjal, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2026
The toxic loans were also packaged and peddled around the world to banks everywhere, resulting in a calamity.

— Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of peddled

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