undercount

verb

un·der·count ˌən-dər-ˈkau̇nt

undercounted; undercounting; undercounts

transitive verb

: to count fewer than the actual number of

undercount noun

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Conversely, the estimates might still undercount the true number of cases if the ICD code for Lyme disease is underused. —

John Drake, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024 Because land not allocated to tribal members was open to settlement by non-Natives, there was an incentive to undercount the number of Natives. —

Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2024 State’s Attorney Ivan Bates insists things are getting worse, incorrectly arguing that a recent Sentencing Project analysis — which relies on detailed Baltimore Police Department reports — does not include youth who are not detained and thus undercounts youth crime. —

Josh Rovner, Baltimore Sun, 8 Nov. 2024 In both 2016 and 2020, for instance, state-level polls tended to undercount Trump supporters. —

Ezra Klein, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for undercount