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UNDERRATING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does underrating mean?
• UNDERRATING (noun)
The noun UNDERRATING has 1 sense:
1. an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value
Familiarity information: UNDERRATING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("underrating" is a kind of...):
approximation; estimate; estimation; idea (an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth)
Derivation:
underrate (make too low an estimate of)
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