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From under- +‎ commit.

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undercommit (third-person singular simple present undercommits, present participle undercommitting, simple past and past participle undercommitted)

  1. (ambitransitive) To make an inadequate commitment; to commit (oneself to) too little (of).
    Synonym: underpromise
    Antonyms: overcommit, overpromise

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