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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
verb
To make an inadequate commitment; to commit (oneself to) too little (of).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: underpromise
Antonyms: overcommit, overpromise
History
From under- + commit.
