undercount
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5.8
- noun
- /ˈʌndərˌkaʊnt/
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subregistro
- The 2020 census showed an undercount of over three million people in various communities.
Examples
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The results indicate that students transfer laterally quite frequently, leading to substantial undercounts in rates of credential completion when measured from the standpoint of a single community college or single district.
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The CPS is weighted to correct for the 1990 Census's undercount of minorities.
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If so, then not only is the September number accurate, it's making up for an undercount over the past six months.
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Even in states that were well counted overall, urban areas lost money because of high undercount rates.
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And that is probably an undercount, given that Greenland may not record events in the tropics.
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If the undercount is not factoring in appearances in Iowa, my conclusion from Friday would not hold.
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Rather, the Census had built up a cumulative undercount over those years, and the error became apparent with the actual population count in 2000.
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The undercount in the D primary was almost 700,000 ballots out of 2.86 million.
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By contrast, the undercount in the R primary was about 164,000 ballots out of 1.38 million.
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Forms from the ACE survey are matched to forms from the census, and the difference in the results indicates the size of the undercount or overcount.
Academic text (2010)
Synonyms
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4.2
An estimate that is lower than the real value
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3.5
An estimate that is lower than the real amount
An estimate that is lower than the real value
An estimate that is lower than the real value
Antonyms
How Accurate
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Undercount is made from the parts under ('less' or 'below') and count ('to number' or 'to add up'). Think of someone stopping too soon when they count people so the total is too small, and an undercount is a total that is less than the true number.