Hypertext Webster Gateway: "underestimate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Underestimate \Un`der*es"ti*mate\, v. t.
To set to? low a value on; to estimate below the truth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Underestimate \Un`der*es"ti*mate\, n.
The act of underestimating; too low an estimate.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
underestimate
n : a calculation that results in an estimate that is too low
[syn: {underestimation}, {underrating}, {underreckoning}]
v 1: assign too low a value to; "Don't underestimate the value of
this heirlooom-you may sell it at a good price" [syn: {undervalue}]
[ant: {overvalue}, {overvalue}]
2: make a deliberately low estimate; "The construction compnay
wanted the contract badly and lowballed" [syn: {lowball}]
3: make too low an estimate of; "he underestimated the cost of
the renovation"; "Don't underestimate the danger of such a
raft trip on this river" [syn: {underrate}] [ant: {overestimate}]
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