underbellynoun [ S ]
uk/ˈʌn.dəˌbel.i/us/ˈʌn.dɚˌbel.i/literarythe weakest or most unpleasant part of something:
a film exposing the sordid underbelly of modern urban society
Small businesses are the soft underbelly (= weakest parts) of the economy, and they need as much government support as possible.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Weakness and vulnerability
- Achilles heel
- at a low ebb idiom
- be (only) flesh and blood idiom
- be sb's poodle idiom
- chink in sb's armour idiom
- ebb
- faint
- impotent
- indefensible
- lax
- limp
- malleable
- susceptibility
- susceptible
- toothless
- totter
- unprotected
- unsteady
- vulnerable
- wraith
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