underestimate

  • 21underestimate — Synonyms and related words: belittle, deprecate, depreciate, discount, disparage, make light of, make little of, make nothing of, minimize, miscalculate, misestimate, misjudge, misprize, sell short, set at naught, set little by, shrug off, think… …

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  • 22underestimate — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. miscalculate, miscarry, come short of, undervalue, disesteem, depreciate, underrate, disparage, do scant justice to, misprize, slight, minimize, think too little of, hold too lightly, make light of, deprecate, put down*,… …

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  • 23underestimate — un·der es·ti·mate || ‚ʌndÉ™(r) estɪmeɪt n. overly low estimate v. underrate, undervalue, make an estimate that is too low; misjudge the worth of a person or something …

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  • 24underestimate — verb estimate (something) to be smaller or less important than it really is. ↘regard (someone) as less capable than they really are. noun an estimate that is too low. Derivatives underestimation noun …

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  • 25underestimate — v. a. Undervalue, underrate, misprize, rate below the true value, rate too low …

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  • 26underestimate — verb underestimating the opposition was our biggest mistake Syn: underrate, undervalue, lowball, do an injustice to, be wrong about, sell short, play down, understate; minimize, de emphasize, underemphasize, diminish, gloss over, trivialize;… …

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  • 27underestimate — v undervalue, underrate, rate too low, sell short, hold for naught, hold cheap, misprize; misjudge, miscalculate; disprize, hold in disrespect, look down on, set no store by; sneeze at, spit upon, Inf. look down one s nose at; despise, scorn,… …

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  • 28underestimate — verb Syn: underrate, undervalue, miscalculate, misjudge, do an injustice to Ant: overestimate …

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  • 29underestimate — un•der•es•ti•mate v. [[t]ˌʌn dərˈɛs təˌmeɪt[/t]] n. [[t] mɪt, ˌmeɪt[/t]] v. mat•ed, mat•ing, n. 1) to estimate at too low a value, rate, or the like 2) to make an estimate lower than the correct one 3) an estimate that is too low • Etymology:… …

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  • 30underestimate — verb (t) /ʌndərˈɛstəmeɪt/ (say unduhr estuhmayt) (underestimated, underestimating) 1. to estimate at too low a value, rate, or the like. –noun /ʌndərˈɛstəmət/ (say unduhr estuhmuht) 2. an estimate that is too low. –underestimation… …