UNDERESTIMATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does underestimation mean? 

• UNDERESTIMATION (noun)
  The noun UNDERESTIMATION has 1 sense:

1. an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value

  Familiarity information: UNDERESTIMATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNDERESTIMATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

underestimate; underestimation; underrating; underreckoning

Hypernyms ("underestimation" is a kind of...):

approximation; estimate; estimation; idea (an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth)

Derivation:

underestimate (make too low an estimate of)

underestimate (make a deliberately low estimate)

underestimate (assign too low a value to)

 Context examples 

A CT number underestimation artifact resulting from the presence of a dense object off center in a scan field.

(Partial Volume Artifact, NCI Thesaurus)