underreckoning
- noun
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subestimación
- A consistent underreckoning of production costs led to financial shortfalls.
Examples
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The underreckoning of risks contributed to the company's unexpected losses.
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Historians believe there has been an underreckoning of the population figures in early census records.
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An underreckoning can lead to financial discrepancies.
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The underreckoning of expenses caused problems for the project.
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The underreckoning of the project costs resulted in significant budget overruns.
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Due to an underreckoning of the revenue, the forecast was overly optimistic and led to cutbacks.
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An underreckoning of potential damages caused the insurance company to deny the claim.
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
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6.5
A price or value lower than something is really worth
An estimate that is lower than the real value
An estimate that says something is worth less than it really is
Antonyms
How High
Surface Forms
Morphology
underreckoning = underreckon (transparent) = under + reckon + ing
The noun is transparently formed from the verb 'underreckon' plus the action/result suffix '-ing', with the prefix 'under-' clearly indicating a lower-than-actual estimation.
Etymology
Underreckoning comes from the parts under- meaning 'below' and reckon meaning 'to count' or 'to estimate', so imagine someone counting too few items or looking below the true number. So an underreckoning is an estimate that is lower than the true value.