undercountn.
Statistics.
An incomplete enumeration; spec. the amount by which the number enumerated in a census falls short of the actual number in the group.
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the world > relative properties > number > probability or statistics > [noun] > population > incomplete enumeration of
undercount1955
1955 Population Studies (United Nations) No. 23. 11/2 Is there a possibility of an under-count in the 1950 census in the Vega Alta?
1964 New Statesman 13 Mar. 390/3 Allowing for a 5 per cent undercount in 1952 and for a 2 per cent increase per annum,..the Northern total was just about what had been expected.
1981 Sci. Amer. Apr. 70/1 Preliminary study of the raw census data now suggests that the 1980 census was remarkably complete: the undercount is turning out to be much smaller than had been projected.
Derivatives
undercount v. transitive to enumerate incompletely.
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the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > number, calculate, or reckon [verb (transitive)] > incompletely
undercount1970
1970 Daily Tel. 22 Aug. 3/6 Mayor Lindsay is convinced that New York will be seriously undercounted in the 1970 census figures.
1978 Guardian Weekly 30 Apr. 17/1 In the United States, the Mexican-American population, which may have been severely undercounted in the 1970 census, is growing steadily.
ˈundercounting n.
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the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > [noun] > result, sum > incomplete
undercounting1955
1955 Population Studies (United Nations) No. 23. 11/1 There was serious under-counting in the Southern States at the time of the 1870 census.
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