underdeal

present singular third person underdeals · participle present underdealing · participle past underdealt · past underdealt

1. ambitransitiveTo deal insufficiently or inadequately; have dealings which are below requirement or expectation

   Extended family issues (Mom overdeals with his family and Dad underdeals with his family.)

   2003, Carol Ummel Lindquist, Happily Married with Kids: It's Not Just a Fairy Tale, page 6

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   Another cause for sending bills late is that the Assessor could underdeal with property-owner by delaying assessment.

   1993, Pratibha Chandrashekhar Mudgerikar, Financial Management and Resource Mobilisation of the Cities in Developing Countries

   When one partner (usually the man) underdeals with a parent or family member, the other partner (usually the woman) is likely to overdeal with that same person.

   2012, Harriet Lerner, Marriage Rules: A Manual for the Married and the Coupled Up