as in minimized
to place too low a value on
we had underestimated her ability to raise the start-up money for her own design firm
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Experts say the man – a mid-20s, former-Ivy League engineering graduate student – may have underestimated a more profound respect in the United States for the common good.
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Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Dec. 2024
The Education Department, facing a mandate from Congress to overhaul the FAFSA, vastly underestimated the number of people from mixed-status families who would need to have their identities manually verified, a government watchdog found.
—Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2024
But the agency responsible for protecting the public from the harms of chemicals has significantly underestimated the dangers posed by formaldehyde, a ProPublica investigation has found.
—Sharon Lerner and Al Shaw, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
Last but not least, software performance is not to be underestimated.
—Samuel Mueller, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
He shouldn’t be underestimated.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 4 Dec. 2024
But the team significantly underestimated the distance that embers could travel, and the fire quickly spread out of control.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
In part, this is about the particular outperformance of solar, whose growth the International Energy Agency (IEA), an intergovernmental organization that oversees the global energy sector, has drastically underestimated every year since 2006 — as have countries’ own renewable energy targets.
—Noah Gordon, Vox, 1 Dec. 2024
Make use of all opportunities that come your way and remember that hard work can never be underestimated.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Oct. 2024
Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Dec. 2024
The Education Department, facing a mandate from Congress to overhaul the FAFSA, vastly underestimated the number of people from mixed-status families who would need to have their identities manually verified, a government watchdog found.
—Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2024
But the agency responsible for protecting the public from the harms of chemicals has significantly underestimated the dangers posed by formaldehyde, a ProPublica investigation has found.
—Sharon Lerner and Al Shaw, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
Last but not least, software performance is not to be underestimated.
—Samuel Mueller, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
He shouldn’t be underestimated.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 4 Dec. 2024
But the team significantly underestimated the distance that embers could travel, and the fire quickly spread out of control.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
In part, this is about the particular outperformance of solar, whose growth the International Energy Agency (IEA), an intergovernmental organization that oversees the global energy sector, has drastically underestimated every year since 2006 — as have countries’ own renewable energy targets.
—Noah Gordon, Vox, 1 Dec. 2024
Make use of all opportunities that come your way and remember that hard work can never be underestimated.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Oct. 2024
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