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UK
/ˌʌndəbˈɛli/
]
[ US /ˈəndɝˌbɛɫi/ ]
[ US /ˈəndɝˌbɛɫi/ ]
NOUN
- the soft belly or underside of an animal's body
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lower side
the underbellies of clouds -
the quality of being weak or unprotected
the soft underbelly of the Axis
How To Use underbelly In A Sentence
- The birds are also known as ‘ghost’ owls for the white face and underbelly feathers that are visible as they fly overhead.
- He became familiar with the dark underbelly of life in the city .
- Set in the summer of 1978 amid a vivid Italian landscape of yellow cornfields and blue skies, this film looks at the dark underbelly of the world through a child's eyes.
- In the past, they have been hampered by a soft underbelly. The Sun
- The restorative power of the sport has a darker underbelly. Times, Sunday Times
- Care was lavished just as much on the symphony's softer underbelly. Times, Sunday Times
- When it comes to competitive production, the advent of the free trade area has exposed the manufacturers' underbelly again.
- The stupidity that excretes from the mouths of the rightwing underbelly is just astonishing U.S. prepared to push for crippling sanctions, Iran warned
- Ruffs and britches disappeared long ago, and there isn't much to distinguish a Balinese from a Siamese today except a wispy fringe on the underbelly and a meek plume of a tail.
- The White Knight turbojet aircraft climbs over the Mojave desert with SpaceShipOne attached to its underbelly.