how to pronounce underdog

/ˈʌndɚdɑːɡ/

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underdog is pronounced in three syllables

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ʌndɚdɑːɡ

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An example use of underdog in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… so it's it's an underdog story that has …”

meaning of underdog

An underdog is a person or thing that is not expected to win or succeed.

underdog frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word underdog occurs in english on average 1.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics underdog can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that underdog can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;

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