underestimate
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "underestimate"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ…āĻŦāĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϛ⧋āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to regard something or someone as smaller or less important than they really are
Transitive: to underestimate sth
to underestimate definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The team 's opponents made the mistake of underestimating their skill and determination, leading to a surprising victory.
āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĒāĻ•ā§āώ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻŦāĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϭ⧁āϞ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϞ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āφāĻļā§āϚāĻ°ā§āϝāϜāύāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāϜāϝāĻŧ āϘāĻŸā§‡āĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻŦāĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•āĻŽ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to guess or calculate a value, size, etc. to be lower than it actually is
Transitive: to underestimate a quantity
to underestimate definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I underestimated the time it would take to complete the assignment.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻžāχāύāĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϝ⧇ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻŦ⧇ āϤāĻž āĻ…āĻŦāĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
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āĻ…āĻŦāĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϤ⧁āĻšā§āĻ› āĻ•āϰāĻž

to think someone is less skilled or able than they actually are
Transitive: to underestimate sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Many people underestimated her, but she proved them wrong.
āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āϞ⧋āĻ• āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻŦāĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϭ⧁āϞ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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an estimate or judgment that falls below the actual value, amount, or level

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The team realized the time required was an underestimate.

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

underestimate
estimate
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āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
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