verb
- to give an unrealistically low estimate or offer, especially to deceive or gain advantage
Usage: informal; past tense of lowball
Examples
- The contractor lowballed the renovation costs to win the job.
- She felt lowballed by the salary offer from her new employer.
- The insurance company lowballed the claim settlement amount.
- He lowballed the price of his car to sell it quickly.
- The estimate was clearly lowballed to attract more customers.
- They lowballed the project timeline and missed the deadline.