underhanded
not open and aboveboard; secret and crafty or dishonorable: The firm's underhanded tactics and misrepresentation of data has created uncertainty and confusion.
underhand (def. 1): The pitcher made an underhanded throw to first base.
short-handed: By the time of the Navy game, Army usually finds itself underhanded.
Origin of underhanded
1Other words from underhanded
- un·der·hand·ed·ly, adverb
- un·der·hand·ed·ness, noun
Words Nearby underhanded
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How to use underhanded in a sentence
The shot slung up underhanded with his sneakers some 6 inches off the floor.
We Don’t Talk Enough About Nikola Jokić’s Scoring | Robert O'Connell | March 28, 2022 | FiveThirtyEightEven the underhanded free throw shooter Rick Barry gets a couple of pages.
Dissecting athletic greatness: Nature, nurture, lucky breaks and a ‘quiet eye’ | Liz Robbins | December 11, 2020 | Washington PostAs a result, the inexperienced can find themselves earning well below minimum wage, or abused by underhanded employers.
Amazon’s Turkers Kick Off the First Crowdsourced Labor Guild | Kevin Zawacki | December 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhat I think is a cool part of the scene is that Lane comes in there for completely underhanded, selfish reasons.
‘Mad Men’: Matthew Weiner and Christina Hendricks Dissect 5 Scenes From ‘The Other Woman’ | Jace Lacob | August 8, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTTake 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.
Tabitha at Ivy Hall | Ruth Alberta BrownNow our artist is plainly worried and wants to be assured there is nothing underhanded being done.
Polly the Pagan | Isabel AndersonI know Mr. Stern, the president of Apex, very well, and I'm positive that he wouldn't stand for any underhanded tactics.
Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope | Victor AppletonHe picked up a rifle an inch below the foresight with an underhanded action, and used it exactly as a man would use a dagger.
Soldier Stories | Rudyard KiplingIf Sir Lewis had wanted to get Harris, he'd have done it legally, without any underhanded frame-ups.
The Penal Cluster | Ivar Jorgensen (AKA Randall Garrett)
British Dictionary definitions for underhanded
/ (ˌʌndəˈhændɪd) /
another word for underhand, short-handed
Derived forms of underhanded
- underhandedly, adverb
- underhandedness, noun
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