Meanings
verbunderpromote (third-person singular simple present underpromotes, present participle underpromoting, simple past and past participle underpromoted)
present singular third person underpromotes · participle present underpromoting · participle past underpromoted · past underpromoted
- transitiveTo promote inadequately.
It was a teen party sponsored by the hip-hop radio station Hot 97 (WQHT-FM), and maybe an underpromoted one: much of the room was empty.
2009 September 21, Jon Caramanica, “Do the Jerk: Skinny Jeans and All That Bouncy, Bawdy Id”, in New York Times
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
- Proto-Germanic*under
- Proto-West Germanic*undar
- Old Englishunder-
- Middle Englishunder-
- Englishunder-
- Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
- Proto-Indo-European*pér
- Proto-Indo-European*pró
- Proto-Indo-European*pro-
- Proto-Italic*pro-
- Latinprō-
- Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
- Proto-Italic*moweō
- Latinmoveō
- Latinprōmoveō
- Latinprōmōtus
- Englishpromote
- Englishunderpromote
Cite this entry
APA
underpromote. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underpromote
MLA
“underpromote.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underpromote. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underpromote,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underpromote.
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