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underflow: Caught in the undercurrent, he was carried out to<br />

sea. 2 undertone, subcurrent, trend, tendency, overtone, tenor,<br />

suggestion, murmur, implication, connotation, sense, feeling,<br />

aura, tinge, flavour, atmosphere, ambience or ambiance;<br />

vibrations, Colloq vibes: <strong>The</strong>re is a sinister undercurrent <strong>of</strong><br />

gloom about this place.<br />

undercut v. 1 undermine, excavate, hollow out, cut out or away, gouge<br />

out: If you undercut the roadway it will collapse. 2<br />

underprice, undercharge, sacrifice, sell cheaply or at a loss,<br />

undersell: <strong>The</strong> supermarkets undercut prices and put the<br />

independent grocers out <strong>of</strong> business.<br />

underdog n. loser, scapegoat, victim; vanquished, defenceless; Colloq<br />

fall guy, little fellow or guy: It has always been our policy<br />

to fight for the underdog.<br />

underestimate<br />

v. undervalue, underrate, discount, misjudge, miscalculate,<br />

misprize, minimize, depreciate, belittle, not do justice to,<br />

fail to appreciate, set (too) little store by, think (too)<br />

little <strong>of</strong>: No one should underestimate the physical and mental<br />

effort involved.<br />

undergo v. suffer, bear, endure, experience, live or go through, be<br />

subjected to, subject oneself to, sustain, submit to, weather,<br />

stand, withstand: <strong>The</strong> hotel has recently undergone extensive<br />

refurbishing.<br />

underground<br />

adj. 1 subterranean, buried, below-ground, sunken, covered:<br />

<strong>The</strong>y crept through the underground passage into the treasure<br />

room. 2 secret, clandestine, concealed, hidden, covert,<br />

undercover, surreptitious, stealthy, private: <strong>The</strong> secret<br />

service has a worldwide underground network <strong>of</strong> agents. 3<br />

alternative, radical, experimental, avant-garde, nonconformist,<br />

revolutionary: Some underground newspapers that sprang up in<br />

the 1960s are still being published.<br />

--n. 4 tube, metro, underground railway, US subway: Two more<br />

stops on the underground and we'll be there. 5 resistance,<br />

partisans or partizans, freedom fighters, (in France) Maquis,<br />

insurgents, seditionaries or seditionists, insurrectionists,

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