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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as undertow.

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Examples

  • Many of my friends who bought property are now struggling with their under-water mortgages.

    Hussain Abdul-Hussain: The DC Rent Bubble and the "Quick Buck" Business Model Hussain Abdul-Hussain 2012

  • Wall Street executives and top CEOs get bailed out while under-water homeowners and jobless workers sink.

    Robert Reich: The Secret Big-Money Takeover of America Robert Reich 2010

  • The Maldives resort is offering guests the chance to spend the night under-water by turning the restaurant into an exclusive suite for two, complete with a private champagne dinner and breakfast in bed …

    Daily Pampering: Underwater Suite for Two | Impact Lab 2010

  • It's a world in which the biggest financial institutions receive hundreds of billions in bailout money, while under-water homeowners are deemed "losers" who should sink or swim on their own.

    Jonathan Weiler: Grant Hill's Misfire Jonathan Weiler 2011

  • It's a world in which the biggest financial institutions receive hundreds of billions in bailout money, while under-water homeowners are deemed "losers" who should sink or swim on their own.

    Jonathan Weiler: Grant Hill's Misfire Jonathan Weiler 2011

  • After Blake from Oklahoma is given instant scuba diving lessons so he can propose under-water to his fiancée, who is sitting next to Gayle in a glass-bottomed boat, using large cards - just like that scene in "Love Actually" which was sooooo romantic, except the guy was not proposing because Kyra Sedgwick had already married his best friend - Oprah's off to look at Uluru.

    Oprah Winfrey arrives in Australia, shares spotlight with adorable koalas Lisa de Moraes 2011

  • This news is little help for those who have already been driven from their homes because of a bank's refusal to work with under-water owners to modify their loans to an affordable level.

    Sherman Yellen: Some Grunts From a Grumpy Guy Sherman Yellen 2010

  • This news is little help for those who have already been driven from their homes because of a bank's refusal to work with under-water owners to modify their loans to an affordable level.

    Sherman Yellen: Some Grunts From a Grumpy Guy Sherman Yellen 2010

  • This news is little help for those who have already been driven from their homes because of a bank's refusal to work with under-water owners to modify their loans to an affordable level.

    Sherman Yellen: Some Grunts From a Grumpy Guy Sherman Yellen 2010

  • It's a world in which the biggest financial institutions receive hundreds of billions in bailout money, while under-water homeowners are deemed "losers" who should sink or swim on their own.

    Jonathan Weiler: Grant Hill's Misfire Jonathan Weiler 2011

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