underreport
verb
un·der·re·port
ˌən-dər-ri-ˈpȯrt 
underreported; underreporting; underreports
: to report to be less than is actually the case : understate
underreports his income
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The suit highlighted an ethics complaint made known to investors in March 2022, which alleged that an employee was told to falsify documents to underreport the number of defects in Spirit AeroSystems products.
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Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 11 Jan. 2024
Customers had an incentive to underreport their annual mileage, in order to pay lower premiums.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2023
The idea is to generate more tax revenue for the nation's coffers by zeroing in on wealthy taxpayers who hide or underreport their income.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2023
Researchers say this type of survey data can mask risky behavior or changes in drinking habits because respondents often underreport their alcohol use.
—Caitlin Gilbert, David Ovalle and Hanna Zakharenko, Anchorage Daily News, 13 July 2023
Western experts have long believed that China underreports its defense expenditures.
—John Pomfret, Foreign Affairs, 29 Mar. 2023
The work is grueling, with hours that stretch to 80 a week, and some residents say they are sometimes pressured to underreport their hours and work even more.
—Jessica Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Mar. 2023
Return to menu When money is tight, there’s a temptation to underreport your income.
—Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2023
These allegations come after Jason Friedman, the team’s former longtime vice president of sales, testified before Congress that the team kept two sets of books so as to underreport the ticket revenue that is shared among all 32 teams.
—Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Mar. 2023
Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 11 Jan. 2024
Customers had an incentive to underreport their annual mileage, in order to pay lower premiums.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2023
The idea is to generate more tax revenue for the nation's coffers by zeroing in on wealthy taxpayers who hide or underreport their income.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2023
Researchers say this type of survey data can mask risky behavior or changes in drinking habits because respondents often underreport their alcohol use.
—Caitlin Gilbert, David Ovalle and Hanna Zakharenko, Anchorage Daily News, 13 July 2023
Western experts have long believed that China underreports its defense expenditures.
—John Pomfret, Foreign Affairs, 29 Mar. 2023
The work is grueling, with hours that stretch to 80 a week, and some residents say they are sometimes pressured to underreport their hours and work even more.
—Jessica Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Mar. 2023
Return to menu When money is tight, there’s a temptation to underreport your income.
—Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2023
These allegations come after Jason Friedman, the team’s former longtime vice president of sales, testified before Congress that the team kept two sets of books so as to underreport the ticket revenue that is shared among all 32 teams.
—Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Mar. 2023
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“Underreport.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/underreport. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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