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underestimation

noun as in miscalculation

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Example Sentences

The national unemployment rate is an infamous underestimation.

Which, all things considered, was an underestimation of what ensued hard on the heels of his announcement.

It was an underestimation so great that in the light of developments it will some day prove ridiculous.

In the case of interval A the error is one of underestimation in twenty-seven cases; in none is it an error of overestimation.

In the case of interval B the error is one of overestimation in seventeen instances, of underestimation in two.

In the case of "undesirable" traits (conceit, vulgarity and snobbishness) this constant error is toward underestimation.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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