underestimate

Example Sentences

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The researchers caution that this figure likely underestimates the true number.

From Science Daily

He says "spectacular advances" in other areas like cancer have created a tendency to underestimate how difficult solving ALS will be.

From BBC

“It’s the regret that comes from underestimating the emotional component of selling,” Bernadette Joy, a financial educator and money coach, told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch

The government shutdown last fall may have led to inflation being temporarily underestimated.

From MarketWatch

“We didn’t underestimate them. The last game was very close because we got in foul trouble and we weren’t going to let that happen again.”

From Los Angeles Times