underestimate

Example Sentences

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People "underestimate Dubai and its ability to survive a downturn", he added.

From BBC

The Iranian capacity for responding with with its drone capabilities is limited, he believes, and people underestimate the destruction wreaked by America’s B-52 bombers.

From MarketWatch

Warwickshire County Council leader George Finch, who was appointed last summer at 19, said his skills were often "underestimated", adding "you cannot use my age to dismiss what I'm doing - we're doing a good job".

From BBC

"I underestimated how difficult the first month would be, I just wanted to start feeling OK."

From BBC

Because of that assumption, they underestimated the mass of the black hole and overestimated the mass of the neutron star.

From Science Daily