underestimate
Example Sentences
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But the British Chambers of Commerce said the £1bn figure "is likely to be a massive underestimate".
From BBC
Scientists now say the pollution from these fires may have been underestimated.
From Science Daily
"But never underestimate a woman of a certain age," she chuckled to the camera.
From BBC
“Industry”? I play Harper Stern, an underestimated American employee at the show’s British financial firm.
Brooks’ all-encompassing theme is that we tend to overestimate what new technologies can do and underestimate how long it takes for any new technology to scale up to usefulness.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
