underdeal
English
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[edit]underdeal (third-person singular simple present underdeals, present participle underdealing, simple past and past participle underdealt)
- (transitive, intransitive) To deal insufficiently or inadequately; have dealings which are below requirement or expectation
- 1993, Pratibha Chandrashekhar Mudgerikar, Financial Management and Resource Mobilisation of the Cities in Developing Countries:
- Another cause for sending bills late is that the Assessor could underdeal with property-owner by delaying assessment.
- 2003, Carol Ummel Lindquist, Happily Married with Kids: It's Not Just a Fairy Tale, page 6:
- Extended family issues (Mom overdeals with his family and Dad underdeals with his family.)
- 2012, Harriet Lerner, Marriage Rules: A Manual for the Married and the Coupled Up:
- When one partner (usually the man) underdeals with a parent or family member, the other partner (usually the woman) is likely to overdeal with that same person.