underestimate
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"It's best not to underestimate us," says a defiant Harriet Dart.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Wesley Ace has no complaints when people underestimate his football ability.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
It’s perfectly reasonable for Claude to underestimate its own abilities and assume it can’t do certain things—because until recently, it couldn’t.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
MarketWatch spoke to a variety of experts, from contractors to economists, to identify some of the most common hidden costs of owning a home that new homeowners can miss or underestimate.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
But you can never underestimate the power of cutthroat competition.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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Although this condition is linked to a wide variety of negative health effects, the public chronically underestimates its seriousness.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
That there are really only two options for communication vastly underestimates dogs’ communicative potential.
From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2026
But that assessment underestimates both the man and the moment.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
In younger adults, focusing on short-term risk often underestimates the probability that they can get sick later in life.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 19, 2026
I would like to say that he underestimates me, but that would be a lie.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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This week she said the Trump administration had "very much underestimated" Canada's importance to Maine's business community.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
Canadians have never felt quite safe with America, while Americans have consistently misunderstood and underestimated the enormous land to the north.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
She said one student fainted after hearing about the disaster, but many initially underestimated the danger and waited for classmates who were in a maths lesson.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
But from being underestimated, I remember my dad being like, “You have to get comfortable with ‘no.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
I was particularly taken with the portrait of General Kutuzov, whom everyone at the Russian court underestimated.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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Markets are underestimating the impact on utilities’ companies EPS by around 6%-9%, the analysts say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Europe is already paying the price for underestimating that strategy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
"That is why we are committed to progressing in a collaborative way, whilst not underestimating the considerable challenges ahead, and providing stability for all at the earliest opportunity."
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Micron wasn’t alone in underestimating the level of demand for AI-linked products.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 3, 2026
I reached the end of my tune thinking he might take this as an opportunity to applaud or maybe even apologize for underestimating me.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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