Underdo vs Underdog - What's the difference?
underdo | underdog |
(obsolete) To put under, subject.
To do something insufficiently; especially to undercook.
To act below one's abilities; do less than one can.
To do less than is requisite.
A competitor thought unlikely to win.
* 2004: The New Yorker, 30 August 2004, p.40
* 2014 , Jacob Steinberg, "
Somebody at a disadvantage.
A high swing wherein the person pushing the swing runs beneath the swing while the person being pushed is at the forward limit of the arc.
As a verb underdo
is (obsolete) to put under, subject.As a noun underdog is
a competitor thought unlikely to win.underdo
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* *underdog
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(en noun)- In Athens, the Americans are underdogs to the Chinese and the Canadians
Wigan shock Manchester City in FA Cup again to reach semi-finals", The Guardian , 9 March 2014:
- The visit of a Championship side would not normally send a shiver down their spine but they knew that Wigan were underdogs who would snap at their heels and that they possessed a potent bite if they were not kept on a firm leash.