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undersold

adjective, verb

undersold is spelled U-N-D-E-R-S-O-L-D: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 105,204th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, undersold means “Sold with insufficient enthusiasm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in undersold?

Letters9: U-N-D-E-R-S-O-L-D
Syllables3 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 12 million words; the 105,204th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is undersold?

Undersold appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 105,204th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce undersold?

    Undersold has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Forms of undersold

    • more undersold comparative
    • most undersold superlative

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    What does undersold mean?

    The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

    adjective

    1. 1

      Sold with insufficient enthusiasm.

      Wow, that flavor with the mint leaves is undersold. It's a hidden gem.

    verb

    1. 1

      simple past and past participle of undersell (a form of undersell)

      we will not be undersold [a low-price guarantee from a seller to their customers]

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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