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underwater
 adj.— «Employee and investor attitudes changed profoundly after 2001, as the tech bust rendered millions of stock option grants worthless—”underwater” in valley parlance.» —“Stigma emerges, glitter fades for stock options” by Scott Duke Harris Mercury News (San Jose, California) July 23, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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