Found 4 hits - Term: underestimate, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
underestimate \un`deres"timate\, v. t.
to set too low a value on; to estimate below the truth.
1913 webster
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
underestimate \un`deres"timate\, n.
the act of underestimating; too low an estimate.
1913 webster
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
underestimate
n : an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than
the true or actual value syn: underestimation, underrating,
underreckoning
v 1: assign too low a value to; "don't underestimate the value of
this heirlooom-you may sell it at a good price" syn: undervalue
ant: overvalue, overvalue
2: make a deliberately low estimate; "the construction company
wanted the contract badly and lowballed" syn: lowball
3: make too low an estimate of; "he underestimated the work
that went into the renovation"; "don't underestimate the
danger of such a raft trip on this river" syn: underrate
ant: overestimate
see also:
underestimation underrating underreckoning undervalue overvalue lowball
underrate overestimate
- [4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
23 moby thesaurus words for "underestimate":
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 little of,
think nothing of, underprize, underrate, underreckon, undervalue
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