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underestimation

noun

  1. act/process of perceiving an entity as having lower value or importance than it actually has
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noun

Etymology: 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 estimation English underestimation From under- + estimation.

  1. The act of underestimating.
  2. An underestimate.