underestimate
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But Charlo made one thing clear: Underestimate him at your own peril.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2023
Underestimate it and you could run short of money.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 12, 2023
She is saying: Underestimate me at your peril.
From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 2023
Underestimate “Dickinson,” just like her contemporaries did, at your peril.
From Salon • Oct. 31, 2019
Underestimate, un-dėr-es′ti-māt, v.t. to estimate at too low a rate: to set too low a value on.—n. an insufficiently high opinion.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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