as in to underestimate
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That means already dire projections about sea level rise might be underestimating the risk.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
9 Mar. 2026 -
Those who underestimate women’s civic power will discover, as history has shown time and time again, democracy’s most resilient defenders are often the ones who have had to fight hardest to claim their place within it.—
Celina Stewart,
Time,
8 Mar. 2026
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Yet California has consistently undervalued this essential health care.—
Brian Park,
Mercury News,
24 Feb. 2026
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Even so, Andersen says the market is undervaluing Novo's long-term competitiveness in the GLP-1 market.—
Elsa Ohlen,
CNBC,
24 Feb. 2026
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Gallup found most American workers distrust AI and fear for their jobs, while executives wildly overestimate how enthusiastic their staff actually is about it.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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Yet there is a danger that Washington may be overestimating its position.—
Nina Srinivasan Rathbun,
The Conversation,
17 Feb. 2026
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Ahead of his near 42-point triple-double against the New York Knicks in their last meeting of the season, Knicks coach Mike Brown was asked if there’s been any part of Cunningham’s game that’s been underrated.—
Hunter Patterson,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Buck is not alone in having underrated him; he has been largely overlooked by the Tate Modern, London’s most significant museum of contemporary art, which owns only five of his photographs.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Misesteem.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misesteem. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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