underestimate
verb/ʌndɚˈɛs.tɪ.meɪt/US/ʌndɚˈɛs.tɪ.mɪt/US
Etymology
From under- + estimate.
- borrowed from aestimātus
- inherited from estimat
Definitions
To estimate too low
To estimate too low; to perceive (someone or something) as having a lower value, quantity, worth, etc., than what he/she/it actually has.
To perceive or expect (someone or something) to be less significant or difficult than it…
To perceive or expect (someone or something) to be less significant or difficult than it actually is.
- I totally underestimated the task.
- Both egg dishes were accompanied by roasted baby red potatoes and fresh, baked-on-the-premises orange spice muffins with a pot of whipped butter. We cannot underestimate the gustatorial importance of the potato side dish.
An estimate that is too low.
The neighborhood
- synonymmisunderestimate
- synonymsell short
- synonymunderapproximate
- synonymunderestimate
- synonymunderguess
- synonymunderjudge
- synonymunderrate
- synonymunderreckon
- synonymunderstate
- antonymoverestimate
- neighborestimate
- neighbormiscalculate
- neighbormisjudge
- neighbormisestimate
- neighborsell oneself short
- neighborunderstage
- neighborundervalue
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for underestimate. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA