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undercut

/ˈʌndə(ɹ)kʌt/
/ˈʊndə(ɹ)kʊt/ Northern England
/ʊndə(ɹ)ˈkʊt/ Northern England
/ˌʌndə(ɹ)ˈkʌt/

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From Middle English undercutten, equivalent to under- + cut.

noun undercuts

A cut made in the lower part of something; the material so removed.
The notch cut in a tree to direct its fall when being felled.
The underside of a sirloin of beef; the fillet.
A hairstyle that is shaved or clipped short on the sides and kept long on the top. Maybe it’s true that “the Left can’t meme,” if “the Left” refers to the earnest suburban revolutionary with an undercut and a nose ring who typically stalks your replies on X.
A blow dealt upward.
A section of a mold or pattern with negative draft angle
A pit stop strategy in which a driver seeks to gain an advantage over someone by pitting before them and using fresh tyres to make up time.
Opposite: overcut
The continuation of the saddle of a rabbit's coat toward the front legs.

verb undercuts · undercutting · undercut

To sell (something) at a lower price, or to work for lower wages, than a competitor. The fact that, to cover low tariffs on bulk commodities, the railways have to charge very high rates on high-value goods, such as manufactures, has provided road operators with a golden opportunity to undercut the railway.
Similar: undersell
To create an overhang by cutting away material from underneath.
To undermine. Though Bane’s sing-song voice gives his pronouncements a funny lilt, he doesn’t have any of the Joker’s deranged wit, and Nolan isn’t interested in undercutting his seriousness for the sake of a breezier entertainment.
To strike a heavy blow upward.
To employ the undercut strategy.
To downplay or minimize. This was a very generous way of describing the swarm of cables, kit-bashed thaumatic cores, Noogenic foci and para-technological inverters, all surrounded by an astoundingly complex cognitohazardous sigil and multiple ontological anchors. This, simultaneously, simplified the interdisciplinary effort

adjective

not comparable Produced by undercutting.
not comparable Designed so as to cut from the underside.
not comparable Having the parts in relief cut under.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: tenderloin, undersell, cut, erode, eroded, lower, subvert, limit, undermine, reduced, diminish, weakened, weaken, impair, jeopardize, counter

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noun notch cut in a tree

Français	cran de chute, entaille directionnelle
Deutsch	Fallkerb
Русский	спил spil

noun hairstyle

Español	undercut
Deutsch	Undercut

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@misc{undercut_2026,
  title = {undercut},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/undercut},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}