What's the difference between undercut and underput?

Undercut


Definition:

  • (n.) The lower or under side of a sirloin of beef; the fillet.
  • (v. t.) To cut away, as the side of an object, so as to leave an overhanging portion.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Republicans remain wary of a contentious debate on the divisive issue, which could anger their core voters and undercut potential electoral gains in the November elections when control of Congress will be at stake.
  • (2) Monday's ruling didn't just undercut the mayor's farewell gesture, a capstone in his crusade against unhealthful or just distasteful public behavior, which he was planning to trumpet on Letterman that night.
  • (3) But the large sums that undercut Hillary’s sudden fondness for economic populism will undercut Biden just as much, especially if raised conspicuously quickly.
  • (4) Uruguay is trying to bring the cannabis market under state control by undercutting and outlawing the traffickers.
  • (5) Differences between frameworks, number of clasps, and depth of undercuts were all significant.
  • (6) The absence of a credible vision of a reformed EMU and financial 'firewall' has rendered Spain and other so-called peripheral nations vulnerable to capital flight and undercut their access to affordable fiscal funding."
  • (7) 1) In polishing the axial surface of the inner crown of the conic telescope crown system, the milling machine with a polishing disk facilitated specular finishing without causing undercutting in the region from the occlusal surface to the dental cervix.
  • (8) Zinc oxide-eugenol paste are widely used in clinical dentistry, principally for impression of non-undercut edentulous ridges, or bite taking materials.
  • (9) That will also benefit the many companies that do innovate and invest in their staff and pay their taxes – and should not be undercut by the unethical practices of a few.
  • (10) Combinations of undercut dimensions and tray relief were tested by using three different sized trays with each tissue conditioner.
  • (11) For the precipitation of protein the pH-value 3 must not be undercut.
  • (12) Indeed, this anti-patriarchal behaviour, which undercuts the nuclear family and makes partnership with men a peripheral concern, is something to celebrate.
  • (13) But making immigration work for everyone and not just a few means people should contribute before they claim and we should never, ever allow companies to undercut wages and conditions of workers here by paying slave wages to those brought in from overseas.” Miliband also criticised the prime minister for his failure to commit to TV debates during the general election campaign, claiming Cameron was desperate because he “knows he has failed”.
  • (14) In three visits to the area over the last two weeks, almost all the voters I spoke to began each conversation by saying, unprompted, that they were concerned about immigration – the electrician complaining about wages being undercut by eastern European workers, the parents unable to get their offspring into local primary schools because immigrant children were taking up scarce places, the patients waiting for a GP appointment in a waiting room filled with foreign chatter.
  • (15) Simon Burgess, a specialist PPI broker who claims to undercut bank rates by 50%, says: "It is easy to hide profits through wholly-owned subsidiaries.
  • (16) Agüero's deadlock-breaker was undercut by trademark explosiveness.
  • (17) Support for waterboarding would not undercut such advocacy, he insisted.
  • (18) He says it made a huge difference because by putting out the narrative of a protest gone wrong, the Obama administration undercut Libyan president Magarief, who was calling the attack a terror attack.
  • (19) That will be attractive to publishers worried that ebooks will undercut them.
  • (20) The so-called margin control mechanism is designed to stop BT undercutting rivals.

Underput


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To put or send under.

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