underbelly
/ˈʌndərˌbɛli/
noun
- The soft underside of an animal's body.
- The veterinarian gently examined the dog's underbelly for ticks.
- A turtle's underbelly is called a plastron.
- The cat rolled over to show its white underbelly.
- The hidden, unpleasant, or criminal part of a society, organization, or activity.
- The documentary exposed the dark underbelly of the fashion industry.
- The novel explores the underbelly of political power.
- Beneath the city's shiny surface lies a criminal underbelly.
- The lower or weakest part of something, especially a structure or system.
- The bridge's underbelly was damaged by the flood.
- Engineers inspected the underbelly of the airplane for cracks.
- The economic underbelly of the plan was its reliance on unstable funding.
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