to sell short

Examples

• All

• But let's not let the many who don't sell short the few who do.

  Academic text (2010)

• You sold short.

  My Man Godfrey (1936)

• But I think we we've sold short the notion of of really good managerial leadership.

  Big Think

• It's easy to sell short someone's abilities when you don't understand their hard work.

• The critics sell short the impact of small businesses on the economy.

Synonyms

U

to underestimate

vsto sell short

299 3.1

To think someone or something is less important than they really are

stresses the real ability or future potential rather than present size or importance

U

to underrate

vsto sell short

3 3.7

To think someone has less ability or importance than they really have

tends to judge overall worth and future possibilities rather than narrow measures

U

to undervalue

vsto sell short

2 4.1

Give a lower price than it really is worth

covers wider judgment about ability and potential rather than numeric valuation

U

to undersell

vsto sell short

2 4.5

Make something seem less important or valuable than it really is

is an internal judgment about real worth not mainly about how it is presented

M

to misprise

vsto sell short

• Archaic

1 9.9

To think someone or something is not important

puts more weight on ability and potential rather than simple lack of appreciation

H

to hold cheap

vsto sell short

• Literature

7.2

To think someone or something has little value

focuses more on judging value and future potential than on dismissive disregard

Antonyms

A

to appreciate

902 3.4

To understand how important something is

V

to value

285 1.9

To think a person or thing is important

How Underestimated

to denigrate

48 7.8

to belittle

45 5.0

to sell short

1 5.7

to undervalue

8 4.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology