Underdeliver

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To deliver less, or at an inferior level, than promised or expected

    "[…] the result was a warning to all exhibition organisers about the dangers of overpromising and underdelivering when promoting events."

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"[…] the result was a warning to all exhibition organisers about the dangers of overpromising and underdelivering when promoting events."

Etymology

From under- + deliver.

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