noun
Meaning 1
An estimate that is too low.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
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noun
An estimate that is too low.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To estimate too low; to perceive (someone or something) as having a lower value, quantity, worth, etc., than what he/she/it actually has.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: misjudge, misunderestimate, sell short, underapproximate
Antonyms: overapproximate, overestimate, overhold, overrate, overreckon, overstate, overthink
verb
To perceive or expect (someone or something) to be less significant or difficult than it actually is.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Synonyms: belittle, make light of, bagatellize, banalize, cut down, de-emphasize, denigrate, degrade, deprecate, derogate, disparage, dispraise, downplay, lilliputianize, make little of, make nothing of, minimize, play down, set at nought, superficialize, trivialize, underestimate, underplay, understate, vilipend
Antonyms: overdo, big up, cut it fat, exaggerate, hyperbolize, overcharge, overemphasize, overstate, play up, stretch, three-sheet
noun
an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: underestimation, underrating, underreckoning
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: estimate, estimation, approximation, idea
verb
make too low an estimate of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: underrate
Antonyms: overestimate
Broader terms: misjudge
Narrower terms: sell short
verb
make a deliberately low estimate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: lowball
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge
verb
assign too low a value to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: undervalue
Antonyms: overestimate
Broader terms: value
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Indo-European *h1entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dhí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dhér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English estimate English underestimate From under- + estimate.
Across languages
76 source translations are retained for this English entry.