underhandedness

/uhn-der-han-did/US // ˈʌn dərˈhæn dɪd //UK // (ˌʌndəˈhændɪd) //

暗箱操作,不正当手段,不正当竞争,潜规则

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : not open and aboveboard; secret and crafty or dishonorable: The firm's underhanded tactics and misrepresentation of data has created uncertainty and confusion.
- : underhand: The pitcher made an underhanded throw to first base.
- : short-handed: By the time of the Navy game, Army usually finds itself underhanded.

nounindirection

Synonyms

Even the underhanded free throw shooter Rick Barry gets a couple of pages.
As a result, the inexperienced can find themselves earning well below minimum wage, or abused by underhanded employers.
What I think is a cool part of the scene is that Lane comes in there for completely underhanded, selfish reasons.
Take that, insidious rumormongers suggesting you were doing anything underhanded.
There is something underhanded about the deal or he would have come to me with the money.
Now our artist is plainly worried and wants to be assured there is nothing underhanded being done.
I know Mr. Stern, the president of Apex, very well, and I'm positive that he wouldn't stand for any underhanded tactics.
He picked up a rifle an inch below the foresight with an underhanded action, and used it exactly as a man would use a dagger.
If Sir Lewis had wanted to get Harris, he'd have done it legally, without any underhanded frame-ups.

/uhn-der-han-did/US // ˈʌn dərˈhæn dɪd //UK // (ˌʌndəˈhændɪd) //

暗箱操作,不正当手段,不正当竞争,潜规则

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : not open and aboveboard; secret and crafty or dishonorable: The firm's underhanded tactics and misrepresentation of data has created uncertainty and confusion.
- : underhand: The pitcher made an underhanded throw to first base.
- : short-handed: By the time of the Navy game, Army usually finds itself underhanded.

nounindirection

Synonyms

Even the underhanded free throw shooter Rick Barry gets a couple of pages.
As a result, the inexperienced can find themselves earning well below minimum wage, or abused by underhanded employers.
What I think is a cool part of the scene is that Lane comes in there for completely underhanded, selfish reasons.
Take that, insidious rumormongers suggesting you were doing anything underhanded.
There is something underhanded about the deal or he would have come to me with the money.
Now our artist is plainly worried and wants to be assured there is nothing underhanded being done.
I know Mr. Stern, the president of Apex, very well, and I'm positive that he wouldn't stand for any underhanded tactics.
He picked up a rifle an inch below the foresight with an underhanded action, and used it exactly as a man would use a dagger.
If Sir Lewis had wanted to get Harris, he'd have done it legally, without any underhanded frame-ups.