Definition: 1. An estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value. 2. Assign too low a value to. 3. Make a deliberately low estimate. 4. Make too low an estimate of.
Use 'underestimate' in a sentence:
1. Don't underestimate how tension influences kids.
2. Don't underestimate the power of networking.
3. The first lesson I learnt as a soldier was never to underestimate the enemy.
4. Never underestimate your power to change yourself!
5. We shouldn't underestimate the importance of the style of a particular artist, their place in history and the artistic environment of their time.
6. One element that people underestimate is the degree to which the hardware and software will improve.
7. Don't underestimate the role of theory.
8. They underestimated his abilities.
9. Don't underestimate your opponent.
10. We often underestimate our potentialities.
11. You underestimated the young man's ability.
12. Though we might think of film as an essentially visual experience, we really cannot afford to underestimate the importance of film sound.
13. Don't underestimate people.
14. There are also many ways our social statistics underestimate the degree of labor-market-related hardship.
15. Even this may be an underestimate.
16. We had a serious underestimate of losses in the earthquake.
17. Don't underestimate the role of hard work and luck.
18. Clear we underestimated her English because she has translated this piece quite well.
19. We underestimated the time it would take to get there.
20. We underestimate how difficult it is for scientists to communicate effectively with a diversity of audiences.
21. Don't underestimate that need.
22. Don't underestimate the power of forgiveness!
23. "They underestimate themselves when selecting a university," said Dave Jarrat, a marketing executive for Inside Track, a for-profit organization that specializes in coaching low-income students and supporting colleges in order to help students thrive.
24. When the team examined the results of the experiment more closely, they noticed that the monkeys tended to underestimate a sum compared with a single symbol when the two were close in value — sometimes choosing, for example, a 13 over the sum of 8 and 6 ．
25. Never underestimate your opponent.
26. Some individuals would therefore not have been caught, since no baited hooks would have been available to trap them, leading to an underestimate of fish stocks in the past.
27. We have tended to underestimate just how sophisticated the abilities of animals that use ultrasound are.
28. But do not underestimate the power of transparency.
29. Never underestimate your enemy.
30. I think a lot of people still underestimate him.
31. Banks greatly underestimate this risk.
32. Don't underestimate the strength of the enemy.
33. We must not underestimate our own strength.
34. Don't underestimate her.
35. 'Don't underestimate us', Norman Willis warned last year. There was, in the event, little danger of that.
36. So never underestimate the power of a good title.
37. However, even this may be an underestimate.
38. Psychological research shows we consistently underestimate our mental powers.
39. Ministers underestimated the magnitude of the task confronting them.
40. None of us should ever underestimate the degree of difficulty women face in career advancement.
41. He was a smart operator. Don't underestimate him.
42. He is a smooth operator. Don't underestimate him.
43. Never underestimate the power of a prototype.
44. The country's leadership had underestimated the depth of the crisis.
45. His cunning and guile were not attributes I would ever underestimate.
46. Classically, overweight people underestimate the volume of food that they consume.
47. The value of this work experience should not be underestimated.
48. My guess of 400 proved to be a serious underestimate.
49. The worst thing you can do is underestimate an opponent.
50. The value of regular exercise should not be underestimated.
51. However, he underestimates the scale of the problem.
