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underestimate

verb as in minimize; rate too low

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Democrats would be mistaken to underestimate Mike Huckabee, perhaps the strongest Republican presidential contender.

She really becomes the image of someone you might underestimate or take for granted.

I think people also underestimate how much we really do write it all in six days.

Yet such rankings vastly underestimate the power now being wielded by the San Francisco region.

These numbers, although startling, are thought to “vastly underestimate” the reality.

Lawyers always underestimate the legal knowledge of an intelligent layman.

"Do not underestimate my intelligence, I understand you," he laughed.

It would however be a serious error to underestimate the value of the earlier work in plant histology.

It is a pity that the critic is unable to contend with him on such a point without appearing to underestimate that work.

These men represented the batting strength of Place, and Ken, though he did not in the least underestimate them, had no fear.

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On this page you'll find 50 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to underestimate, such as: belittle, miscalculate, underrate, undervalue, deprecate, and depreciate.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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