🕵️ Dishonest behavior 🎾 Low technique

underhandedness

7.7

A way of throwing or serving with the arm below the shoulder

noun
/ˌʌndərˈhændɪdnəs/

Specialized

: técnica de lanzamiento bajo

The coach praised her underhandedness for making her serves difficult to predict.

Examples

Using underhandedness in passing the ball surprised the other team during the match.
His underhandedness in bowling gave him a unique advantage over his opponents.
The underhandedness of his actions shocked everyone.
Her underhandedness in the game gave her an unfair advantage.
Her underhandedness in serving made it hard for the opposing team to return the ball.
The player utilized underhandedness to sneak past the defense and score.
His strategy relied on underhandedness to confuse his competitors during the match.

How High

overarm

Specialized

4.6

arm throw

1 2.8

underhandedness

Specialized

7.7

Surface Forms

underhandedness singular

underhandednesses plural

Morphology

underhandedness = underhanded (transparent) = underhand + ed + ness

Formed by 'underhanded' + '-ness', a regular nominalization of the adjective describing underarm technique.

Etymology

Underhandedness for a throw or serve also breaks into under and hand, with under meaning 'below' and hand meaning the part that moves, so the hand goes under the ball in a low, 'underhand' motion. That's why underhandedness here means using an underarm or low technique when you throw or serve.