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Verb: lowball  'low,bol
Usage: informal
  1. Make a deliberately low estimate
    "The construction company wanted the contract badly and lowballed";
    - underestimate
Adjective: lowball  'low,bol
Usage: informal
  1. Deliberately and unrealistically low
    "The lowball estimate didn't include any contingencies"

Derived forms: lowballing, lowballed, lowballs

Type of: approximate, estimate, gauge, judge

Encyclopedia: Lowball