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underhanded

/uhn-der-han-did/US // ˈʌn dərˈhæn dɪd //UK // (ˌʌndəˈhændɪd) //

卑鄙无耻,潜规则,劣质的,卑鄙无耻的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : not open and aboveboard; secret and crafty or dishonorable: The firm's underhanded tactics and misrepresentation of data has created uncertainty and confusion.
    • : underhand: The pitcher made an underhanded throw to first base.
    • : short-handed: By the time of the Navy game, Army usually finds itself underhanded.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.deceitful

Examples

  • Even the underhanded free throw shooter Rick Barry gets a couple of pages.

  • As a result, the inexperienced can find themselves earning well below minimum wage, or abused by underhanded employers.

  • What I think is a cool part of the scene is that Lane comes in there for completely underhanded, selfish reasons.

  • Take that, insidious rumormongers suggesting you were doing anything underhanded.

  • There is something underhanded about the deal or he would have come to me with the money.

  • Now our artist is plainly worried and wants to be assured there is nothing underhanded being done.

  • I know Mr. Stern, the president of Apex, very well, and I'm positive that he wouldn't stand for any underhanded tactics.

  • He picked up a rifle an inch below the foresight with an underhanded action, and used it exactly as a man would use a dagger.

  • If Sir Lewis had wanted to get Harris, he'd have done it legally, without any underhanded frame-ups.