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underestimate

[uhn-der-es-tuh-meyt, uhn-der-es-tuh-mit, -meyt] / ˌʌn dərˈɛs təˌmeɪt, ˌʌn dərˈɛs tə mɪt, -ˌmeɪt /


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“Do not underestimate the power of this technology. There will soon be superhuman systems that can hack anything, revolutionize any field overnight, and acquire real power and resources.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

This is likely to be an underestimate with many victims not choosing to report.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

Wesley Ace has no complaints when people underestimate his football ability.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 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

“Forgive me. I continue to underestimate the breadth of your ignorance.”

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs

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

The government estimates, and most likely underestimates, that Americans spend about 12 billion hours a year on federal paperwork.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 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

Sorry is the fool who ever underestimates my mother.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

But for whatever reason, that becomes the data point for why I underestimated the magnitude of the miss, which then becomes the data point for my firing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

A young gay man who also felt overlooked and underestimated needed that story like air.

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026

It also found that there was a widely held belief that migrants calling from small boats exaggerated the distress, meaning the coastguard underestimated the emergency.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 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

The Persian flaw in Mr. Abbas was that he underestimated my sister.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

We’re underestimating the often-invisible work of people who enable higher-ranking leaders to delegate and get the most out of front-line employees.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

A major reason for von Ahlen’s call is that he thinks the market is underestimating the relative weakness of the U.K. economy.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 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

“The market is underestimating the breadth of XPeng’s AI ambitions but could be overestimating how quickly this can translate into earnings,” Hsiao said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

The pilot either had never seen a fire hurler before, or was underestimating its power, for he flew straight on toward the bears without climbing or turning a fraction to either side.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman




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