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Underbelly

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Noun

1. underbelly

lower side

Example Sentences:
'the underbellies of clouds'

2. underbelly, underbody

the soft belly or underside of an animal's body

3. underbelly

the quality of being weak or unprotected

Example Sentences:
'the soft underbelly of the Axis'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Underbelly

see synonyms of underbelly
noun plural -lies
1. 
the part of an animal's belly nearest to the ground
2. 
a vulnerable or unprotected part, aspect, or region

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Underbelly

see synonyms of underbelly
noun
1. 
the lower, posterior part of an animal's belly
2. 
any vulnerable or unprotected area, region, point, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Underbelly

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n. pl. un·der·bel·lies
1. The soft belly or underside of an animal's body. Also called underbody.
2. The bottom side or part: scraped the car's underbelly going over the curb.
3. The vulnerable or weak part or aspect: "What if quantum theory is wrong? This is the soft underbelly of the whole project of quantum gravity" (Lee Smolin).
4. The corrupt or immoral part or aspect: "[a novel] that most effectively exposed the decadent underbelly of corporate high tech" (Theodore Roszack).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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