单词 | underestimate |
释义 | underestimateverb /ʌndərˈɛstɪmeɪt / [with object] 1Estimate (something) to be smaller or less important than it really is: the government has grossly underestimated the extent of the problem...
Synonyms set too low, underrate; miscalculate, misjudge, judge incorrectly, estimate wrongly, calculate wrongly, be wrong about, misconstrue, misread; err, be wide of the mark underrate, rate too low, undervalue, set little/no store by, not do justice to, do an injustice to, be wrong about, sell short, play down, understate; minimize, de-emphasize, underemphasize, diminish, downgrade, deflate, reduce, lessen, brush aside, gloss over, trivialize; hold cheap, shrug off, belittle rare misprize, minify 1.1Regard (someone) as less capable than they really are: he had underestimated the new President...
noun /ʌndərˈɛstɪmət / An estimate that is too low: £7.5 million is a considerable underestimate...
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