as in to underestimate
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This is because the process seems easier in theory and planning than in actual practice; individuals underestimate the amount of work, experimentation and repetition necessary to achieve any meaningful outcomes.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025 -
Public health experts have long warned that UPF, while convenient and inexpensive, carry long-term health risks that are often underestimated.—
Emma Marsden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Aug. 2025
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But New York Attorney General Letitia James found his administration significantly miscounted the number of nursing home deaths.—
Jared Gans,
The Hill,
25 May 2025
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An exhausted grad student may miscount the number of times two mice bump noses.—
Celia Ford,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
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Better to overestimate our flaws than to fail to see them in the first place.—
Leslie Jamison,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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Tellis argues that India overestimates its influence on the world stage while lacking the economic heft, military capacity, and alliances to back its great-power ambitions.—
Nirupama Rao,
Foreign Affairs,
30 July 2025
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Since entering the national spotlight as the franchise quarterback of the Philadelphia Eagles, Jalen Hurts might be undervalued by outside eyes.—
Justin Grasso,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Aug. 2025
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This company is an industry leader, properly aligns executives’ interests with shareholders’ interests, provides high yield backed by ample cash flows, and its stock looks undervalued.—
David Trainer,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Niemann has been the most consistent winner of LIV Golf, but according to Rahm, he is underrated.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 July 2025
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While his speed was underrated, Bech didn’t have the same physical presence as the 6-foot-4 Johnston or the 6-foot-5 Williams.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 July 2025
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“Misreckon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misreckon. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025.
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