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▪ I. ˈunder-ˌestimate, n.
[under-1 10 b.]
Too low an estimate (of value, expense, etc.).
1882Cornh. Mag. Feb. 169 He sets a high value on wealth, combating..the stoical underestimate of its importance. 1895Bible Soc. Record (N.Y.) Dec. 178/2 The statements..are underestimates rather than overestimates.
▪ II. ˌunder-ˈestimate, v.
[under-1 10 a.]
1. trans. To estimate at too low an amount, quantity, number, etc.
1812Q. Rev. VIII. 329 He states the annual consumption..at..from three to four hundred, evidently with no disposition to under-estimate the amount. 1869H. F. Tozer Highl. Turkey II. 24 [He] seems to have greatly under-estimated the height.
2. To rate or rank too low; to undervalue.
a1850J. C. Calhoun Wks. (1874) I. 73 It is not my aim..to underestimate the great power and influence [of the press]. 1882Farrar Early Chr. II. 96 Exactly as St. James neither ignores nor underestimates faith, so neither does St. Paul ignore nor underestimate the value..of good works.
Hence ˌunder-estiˈmation. (1891–.) |