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to underreport

to underreport

9 6.0
To say an amount or number is less than it really is
  • verb
  • /ˌʌndərɪˈpɔrt/
translation icon : subinformar
  • The largest contributor to the underreporting gap was underreporting of the individual income tax (equal to $264 billion).
  • underreported behaviors
  • underreported smoking
  • underreport the number

It's, it's funny, you know, rape is very underreported, always has been.

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Examples

  • Many studies have been underreported while others have been duplicated.

    Academic text (2015)

  • Others believe that it is underreported because so much deception is involved.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Thus, college students do not intentionally underreport this behavior to look better.

    Academic text (2000)

  • It's a hard crime to report, and it's underreported because of what you went through.

    Blog text (14)

  • Direct evidence that health and education professionals underreport suspected cases of child maltreatment comes from a growing number of studies.

    Academic text (2009)

  • As a result, they are frequently resistant or unwilling to report what is already an underreported crime.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Offering managers financial incentives to decrease the number of injury reports promotes underreporting.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Legionnaires' disease is underreported in Europe; notification rates differ substantially among countries.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Indeed, the number of men who are trapped as indentured laborers is likely underreported.

    Academic text (2006)

  • The company was accused of underreporting its profits to avoid paying higher taxes.

Synonyms

to understate
vsto underreport
18 5.2

To make something seem smaller or less important than it really is

reports numerical amounts as lower often by not reporting all figures

How Low

to lowball
  • Informal
8 7.5
to underreport
9 6.0
undercount
5 5.8

Surface Forms

underreport infinitive
underreported past
underreported past participle
underreporting present participle
underreports third person singular

Morphology

underreport = report (transparent) = under + report

The productive prefix 'under-' meaning 'insufficiently' combines directly with the verb 'report' to yield 'report less than actual', which is readily inferable by learners.

Etymology

The word underreport combines under ('below' or 'too little', as in underestimate) and report ('to tell' or 'give information'). So to underreport is to give a smaller number or amount than the true one, often on purpose.