Lowball — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

make a deliberately low estimate

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/lˈoʊbɔːl/

🇬🇧British English

/lˈəʊbɔːl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/lˈəʊbɔːl/

2 syllables Say it as /lˈoʊbɔːl/.

Examples

The construction company wanted the contract badly and lowballed

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

underestimate

Parts of Speech

verb	make a deliberately low estimate “The construction company wanted the contract badly and lowballed”

Word Forms

underestimate	noun	an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value
underestimation	noun	an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value

Around the World

Europe

🇪🇸Spanish

bola baja

hacer una estimación deliberadamente baja

🇳🇱Dutch

laagbal

bewust een lage schatting maken

🇵🇹Portuguese

bola baixa

faça uma estimativa deliberadamente baixa

🇷🇺Russian

лоуболл

сделать намеренно заниженную оценку

India

🇮🇳Hindi

लोबॉल

जानबूझकर कम अनुमान लगाएं

🇧🇩Bengali

কম বল

একটি ইচ্ছাকৃতভাবে কম অনুমান করা

🇮🇳Tamil

குறைந்த பந்து

வேண்டுமென்றே குறைந்த மதிப்பீட்டைச் செய்யுங்கள்

🇮🇳Telugu

లోబాల్

ఉద్దేశపూర్వకంగా తక్కువ అంచనా వేయండి

🇮🇳Marathi

लोबॉल

जाणीवपूर्वक कमी अंदाज लावा

🇮🇳Gujarati

લોબોલ

જાણી જોઈને ઓછો અંદાજ કાઢવો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಲೋಬಾಲ್

ಉದ್ದೇಶಪೂರ್ವಕವಾಗಿ ಕಡಿಮೆ ಅಂದಾಜು ಮಾಡಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ലോബോൾ

ബോധപൂർവം കുറഞ്ഞ എസ്റ്റിമേറ്റ് ഉണ്ടാക്കുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਲੋਅਬਾਲ

ਜਾਣਬੁੱਝ ਕੇ ਘੱਟ ਅੰਦਾਜ਼ਾ ਲਗਾਓ

🇵🇰Urdu

کم بال

جان بوجھ کر کم تخمینہ لگائیں۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

低调

故意低估

🇯🇵Japanese

ローボール

意図的に低く見積もる

🇰🇷Korean

로우볼

의도적으로 낮게 추정하다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

bóng thấp

cố tình đánh giá thấp

🇹🇭Thai

บอลต่ำ

จงใจประมาณการให้ต่ำ

🇮🇩Indonesian

bola rendah

sengaja membuat perkiraan rendah

🇲🇾Malay

bola rendah

membuat anggaran yang sengaja rendah

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

كرة منخفضة

إجراء تقدير منخفض عمدا

🇮🇷Persian

کم توپ

یک تخمین عمدا پایین انجام دهید

🇹🇷Turkish

düşük top

kasıtlı olarak düşük bir tahminde bulunmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

כדור נמוך

לעשות הערכה נמוכה בכוונה

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