underestimate
Example Sentences
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Traders should not underestimate what a long weekend could bring.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Japan may not be considered a global footballing powerhouse - but underestimate them at your peril.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
Sports underestimate their human elements, the tics and oddities that make them unique.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
Never underestimate the passion of Brazil, which helped power “I’m Still Here” to a win here last year.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026
This was unfortunate not only because Ptolemaeus’s system was wrong, but because it seemed to endorse a measurement of the earth’s circumference of 18,000 miles—a significant underestimate.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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