underpromote
verbEtymology From under- + promote.
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To promote inadequately.
- It was a teen party sponsored by the hip-hop radio station Hot 97 (WQHT-FM), and maybe an underpromoted one: much of the room was empty.2009 September 21, Jon Caramanica, “Do the Jerk: Skinny Jeans and All That Bouncy, Bawdy Id”, in New York Times:
2
Board games, Chess, Games To promote (a pawn that has crossed the board) to a less powerful piece than a queen, which is sometimes strategically useful.