underestimate
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- noun
- /ˌʌndərˈɛstɪmeɪt/
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subestimación
- Many experts believe that the unemployment rate is an underestimate of the true number of jobless individuals.
- lead to an underestimate
- underestimate of the true
- significant underestimates
But it's becoming increasingly clear that these numbers are underestimates.
- But it's becoming increasingly clear that these numbers are underestimates.
- So we actually underestimate the mutation rate from the underestimate.
- How do these confirm cases which are slight underestimate that every government produces comparing against our European neighbors.
Examples
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Thus, our results are an underestimate of the total value of the recreational shark fishery.
Academic text (1993) -
The potential for social desirability bias also likely caused an underestimate of the prevalence of impairment.
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One table per event type is therefore likely to be an underestimate.
Academic text (1996) -
Nevertheless, this is still an underestimate because it considers only linear relationships.
Academic text (2003) -
However, this may be an underestimate in view of the inconsistency of reporting these symptoms.
Blog text (13) -
The diving behavior would probably also lead to an underestimate of the proportion of larger fish in the pelagic region.
Academic text (1994) -
Annual precipitation is said locally to be as low as 250 millimeters, which is probably an underestimate.
Academic text (1993) -
Failing to account for customer costs would lead to serious underestimates of the total cost per kWh saved by these programs.
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Again, the Mississippi Delta is larger than the Mississippi Portal, so this number is an underestimate of agriculture's employment impact.
Academic text (2009) -
To the extent that this is the case, Bottemiller and Wolverton's results reveal an underestimate of the transmission line's impact on value.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
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An estimate that is lower than the real value
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A price or value lower than something is really worth
An estimate that is lower than the real value
An estimate that is lower than the real value
An estimate that says something is worth less than it really is
Antonyms
How Low
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Underestimate comes from the parts under- ('below' or 'not enough') and estimate ('a judgment of value or size'). So an underestimate is an estimate that is too low, a judgment 'below' the real amount.