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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
underdeliver .
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Examples
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For years now, the political elite has overpromised and underdelivered, which is why they keep losing elections.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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Though thankfully no one died of dysentery (in spite of a few “unforeseen detours”), it turned out that the parade and mayoral greeting were just the beginning of several oversold and underdelivered promises from management.
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Add in costs like a stay at the Beverly Hills Hotel to the tune of $9099, with a dinner/drinks tab at the Four Seasons (which, to my taste is way overpriced and underdelivered, there are all kinds of places in Beverly and Hollywood where you can get delivered value for that kind of money) $6596.
Archive 2010-03-01 2010
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Add in costs like a stay at the Beverly Hills Hotel to the tune of $9099, with a dinner/drinks tab at the Four Seasons (which, to my taste is way overpriced and underdelivered, there are all kinds of places in Beverly and Hollywood where you can get delivered value for that kind of money) $6596.
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The reason is simple: President Barack Obama overpromised on his stimulus package and then grossly underdelivered.
Obama Has Overpromised and Underdelivered Karl Rove 2010
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In fact, all the evidence so far tells us that the current $787 billion stimulus package has overpromised and underdelivered, especially when it comes to creating jobs.
America's new culture war: Free enterprise vs. government control 2010
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Without more successes, it also risks being compromised as having overpromised and underdelivered within an institution that is looking for reasons not to adapt.
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In fact, all the evidence so far tells us that the current $787 billion stimulus package has overpromised and underdelivered, especially when it comes to creating jobs.
America's new culture war: Free enterprise vs. government control 2010
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The reason is simple: President Barack Obama overpromised on his stimulus package and then grossly underdelivered.
Obama Has Overpromised and Underdelivered Karl Rove 2010
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The reason is simple: President Barack Obama overpromised on his stimulus package and then grossly underdelivered.
Obama Has Overpromised and Underdelivered Karl Rove 2010
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