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At first—it was the early stages of reporting—I was amused at having been so crassly underestimated.

“What I think happened is people underestimated the ability of the voting public to put things in context,” he said.

However, the power of one or two people to transform the dialogue should never be underestimated.

Museveni may have underestimated the extent of the Western backlash to the AHA; this could give him an opportunity to back out.

He said Sunday that if anything, he underestimated the overall value of the economic relief provided to Iran.

He underestimated the powers of human endurance, some 70,000 escaped of the half million or more that had invaded Russia.

Herr Renwick unfortunately underestimated the forces to which he was opposed.

Everybody at the time underestimated the extent and the vigour of this feeling, except those who shared it.

They were absorbed and became a part of the Greek people, and their contribution must not be underestimated.

The suggestive nature of all of these negative things cannot be overlooked, and should not be underestimated.

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On this page you'll find 38 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to underestimated, such as: decayed, deserted, ignored, overlooked, spurned, and undervalued.

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

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