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underestimated

 
Verb underestimate has 3 senses
  1. undervalue, underestimate - assign too low a value to; "Don't underestimate the value of this heirlooom-you may sell it at a good price"
    --1 is one way to value
    Antonyms: overvalue, overestimate
    Derived forms: noun underestimate1, noun underestimation1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. lowball, underestimate - make a deliberately low estimate; "The construction company wanted the contract badly and lowballed"
    --2 is one way to estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge
    Derived forms: noun underestimate1, noun underestimation1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  3. underestimate, underrate - make too low an estimate of; "he underestimated the work that went into the renovation"; "Don't underestimate the danger of such a raft trip on this river"
    --3 is one way to misjudge
    Antonyms: overestimate, overrate
    Derived form: noun underestimation1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
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