Meanings
verbunderbuy (third-person singular simple present underbuys, present participle underbuying, simple past and past participle underbought)
present singular third person underbuys · participle present underbuying · participle past underbought · past underbought
- transitiveTo buy at less than the value of.
- transitiveTo buy at less than the price of another.
- ambitransitiveTo buy too little.
Well, just as you can overbuy when selecting a home, you can underbuy. That's what Nathan and Rebecca did when they bought their first home. They believed in living within their means — a good thing — but they took it to an extreme.
2009, Eric Tyson, Ray Brown, Home Buying for Dummies
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underbuy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underbuy
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“underbuy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underbuy. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underbuy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underbuy.
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