under-estimaten.

Brit.

/ˌʌndərˈɛstᵻmət/,

/ˈʌndərˌɛstᵻmət/, U.S.

/ˌəndərˈɛstəmət/

Etymology: under- prefix¹ 5(b).

Too low an estimate (of value, expense, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > [noun] > underestimation or undervaluing > underestimate

foot1576

wanworth1706

under-estimate1882

1882 Cornhill Mag. Feb. 169 He sets a high value on wealth, combating..the stoical underestimate of its importance.

1895 Bible Soc. Record (N.Y.) Dec. 178/2 The statements..are underestimates rather than overestimates.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

under-estimatev.

Brit.

/ˌʌndərˈɛstᵻmeɪt/, U.S.

/ˌəndərˈɛstəˌmeɪt/

Etymology: under- prefix¹ 5(a).

1. transitive. To estimate at too low an amount, quantity, number, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > miscalculate [verb (transitive)]

mistella1475

mischargec1495

misreckon1524

miscount1548

miscast1605

misnumber1614

miscompute1637

mistake1704

miscalculate1727

under-estimate1812

1812 Q. Rev. 8 329 He states the annual consumption..at..from three to four hundred, evidently with no disposition to under-estimate the amount.

1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey II. 24 [He] seems to have greatly under-estimated the height.

2. To rate or rank too low; to undervalue.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > misjudge [verb (transitive)] > underestimate or undervalue

to make much (also little, nothing, too much, etc.) of (or on)c1395

disprize1480

misprize1483

to make light of1526

extenuate1529

to make the worst ofc1530

seclude?1531

to take (also wrest) to the worst1531

deprisec1550

disparagea1556

undermatch1571

embase1577

underbid1593

underprize1600

underpoise1602

undervalue1611

minorize1615

underspeak1635

underthink1646

underrate1650

minify1676

under-measure1682

underpraise1698

sneeze1806

understate1824

disappreciate1828

under-estimatea1850

minimize1866

to play down1869

worsen1885

to sell short1936

downplay1948

underplay1949

lowball1979

minimalize1979

a1850 J. C. Calhoun Wks. (1874) I. 73 It is not my aim..to underestimate the great power and influence [of the press].

1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity II. 96 Exactly as St. James neither ignores nor underestimates faith, so neither does St. Paul ignore nor underestimate the value..of good works.

Derivatives

(1891–.)

ˌunder-estiˈmation n.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	under-estimate
释义	under-estimaten. Brit. /ˌʌndərˈɛstᵻmət/, /ˈʌndərˌɛstᵻmət/, U.S. /ˌəndərˈɛstəmət/ Etymology: under- prefix¹ 5(b). Too low an estimate (of value, expense, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > [noun] > underestimation or undervaluing > underestimate foot1576 wanworth1706 under-estimate1882 1882 Cornhill Mag. Feb. 169 He sets a high value on wealth, combating..the stoical underestimate of its importance. 1895 Bible Soc. Record (N.Y.) Dec. 178/2 The statements..are underestimates rather than overestimates. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). under-estimatev. Brit. /ˌʌndərˈɛstᵻmeɪt/, U.S. /ˌəndərˈɛstəˌmeɪt/ Etymology: under- prefix¹ 5(a). 1. transitive. To estimate at too low an amount, quantity, number, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > miscalculate [verb (transitive)] mistella1475 mischargec1495 misreckon1524 miscount1548 miscast1605 misnumber1614 miscompute1637 mistake1704 miscalculate1727 under-estimate1812 1812 Q. Rev. 8 329 He states the annual consumption..at..from three to four hundred, evidently with no disposition to under-estimate the amount. 1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey II. 24 [He] seems to have greatly under-estimated the height. 2. To rate or rank too low; to undervalue. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > misjudge [verb (transitive)] > underestimate or undervalue to make much (also little, nothing, too much, etc.) of (or on)c1395 disprize1480 misprize1483 to make light of1526 extenuate1529 to make the worst ofc1530 seclude?1531 to take (also wrest) to the worst1531 deprisec1550 disparagea1556 undermatch1571 embase1577 underbid1593 underprize1600 underpoise1602 undervalue1611 minorize1615 underspeak1635 underthink1646 underrate1650 minify1676 under-measure1682 underpraise1698 sneeze1806 understate1824 disappreciate1828 under-estimatea1850 minimize1866 to play down1869 worsen1885 to sell short1936 downplay1948 underplay1949 lowball1979 minimalize1979 a1850 J. C. Calhoun Wks. (1874) I. 73 It is not my aim..to underestimate the great power and influence [of the press]. 1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity II. 96 Exactly as St. James neither ignores nor underestimates faith, so neither does St. Paul ignore nor underestimate the value..of good works. Derivatives (1891–.) ˌunder-estiˈmation n. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1882v.1812
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