sold short
Undervalued someone's potential
Sold short describes underestimating someone's abilities, value, or potential.
To sell someone short is to fail to recognize their worth; to sell yourself short is to undervalue your own capabilities: Don't sell yourself short—you're more qualified than you think.
The phrase comes from short selling in finance, where investors sell borrowed stock hoping to buy it back cheaper, essentially betting against value.
- undersoldOffered below value
- sellingTrading for payment
- squeezeFirm bilateral compression
- stock marketSecurities trading venue
- belittledMade to seem insignificant
marginalized · underestimated · misjudged · dismissed · ignored · overlooked · undervalued · discounted · shortchanged · speculation · margin trading · volatility · hedge funds · derivatives · credit · options trading · shorts · depreciated
sold shortoverestimated
Judged too favorably
overrated · overhyped · overvalued · inflated · put on a pedestal
sold shortcelebrated
Widely known and praised
championed · honored · lauded · done justice · valued
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