overestimate
He miscalculated badly when he underestimated the response of the international community to the invasion.他严重失算，低估了国际社会对这次侵略的反应。
They've seriously underestimated the cost of the building project.
The influence of the media should never be underestimated.
She had a tendency to underestimate her son's potential.
It seems that we've seriously underestimated just how long this process will take.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Misunderstanding
cross purposes
disconnection
don't get me wrongidiom
get the wrong end of the stickidiom
get your wires crossedidiom
labour
miscalculate
misconceive
misconceived
misconception
misconstruction
misconstrue
misread
misreading
miss
miss the pointidiom
mistaken
misunderstand
misunderstanding
wire

underestimateverb (PERSON)

C1[ T ]
to fail to understand how strong, skilful, intelligent, or determined someone, especially a competitor, is: 低估，轻视（尤指竞争对手）
Never underestimate your opponent!永远不要低估你的对手！

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Estimating value
appraise
appraiser
book value
buying power
cost
costing
de-index
dollar sign
est.
euro
index of leading economic indicators
pricelessly
pricing
put something at something
quantity surveyor
quote
re-estimate
recommended retail price
RRP
value

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Misunderstanding
underestimate
noun[ C ]
uk /ˌʌn.dəˈres.tɪ.mət/ us /ˌʌn.dɚˈes.tə.mət/
a guess about the amount, cost, size, etc. of something that is less than the real amount, cost, etc.:
Obviously, $100 was a serious underestimate.
The official death toll could be an underestimate.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Guesses and assumptions
a shot in the darkidiom
approximation
assumption
bet
conjecturally
conjecture
counterfactual
estimate
misassumption
misestimate
misestimation
overestimate
overestimation
proposition
purportedly
re-estimate
rough estimate
sneaking
speculation
suspicion

underestimate | American Dictionary

underestimate
verb[ T ]
us/ˌʌn·dəˈres·təˌmeɪt/
to think that something is less or lower than it really is, or that someone is less strong or less effective:
Homeowners often underestimate the cost of repairing a roof.

underestimate | Business English

underestimate
verb[ T ]
uk /ˌʌndəˈrestɪmeɪt/us
to think that something is or will be smaller, easier, less extreme, or less important than it really is:
The company sorely underestimated demand and is struggling to expand output.
Court interpreters say the skills required to do the job are underestimated.
to think that someone is worse at doing something, less intelligent, etc. than they really are:
Sometimes his modest manner led people to underestimate him.
underestimate
noun[ C ]
uk /ˌʌndəˈrestɪmət/us
an opinion that something is smaller, easier, less important, or less extreme than it actually is:
The total cost is likely to be an underestimate.

underestimation

noun[ C or U ]
I believe there is a significant underestimation of the real demand for oil from the developing world.

Examples of underestimate

underestimate
Although forecasted salary growth rates and deferred compensation appear to be underestimated, forecasted salaries demonstrate little bias for lower-paid public employees.
Firstly, passive surveillance generally identifies disease serious enough to warrant seeking medical attention, and thus underestimates overall morbidity in the community.
I have argued that constitutional patriotism underestimates (and sometimes misunderstands) the role of particularist political cultures in grounding universalistic principles of democracy and justice.
Summing overestimates and averaging underestimates the number of different words produced.
While the resources, capabilities and resilience of older people should not be underestimated, individual resources alone are generally insufficient.
What has been underestimated in this tradition is the transformational capacities people bring to their meanings.
Otherwise, it underestimates the profit by assuming a negative l2, whereas the true value is zero.
The state may not dictate everyday life, but its importance should never be underestimated.
Likewise, because some guests may not have reported their illness, we may have underestimated the attack rate among guests.
We postulated that the current voluntary reporting system considerably underestimates the number of listeriosis cases.
The power of informal judicial pressure - together with the ominous threat of imprisonment, suspension, and possible deprivation - should not be underestimated.
Note that population sizes towards the end of the study periods are underestimated by this method.
The significance of under standing turbulence can not be underestimated as it endanger s the stability and confinement of the fusion plasma.
Treating independents in this fashion leads to underestimating volatility.
Nevertheless, the importance of such a declaration should not be underestimated.
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