UNDERESTIMATES Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

underestimates

verb

present tense third-person singular of underestimate

as in minimizes

to place too low a value on we had underestimated her ability to raise the start-up money for her own design firm

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Recent Examples of underestimates The challenge occurs if the asset allocation underestimates the need for growth, should retirees live much longer than backward-looking life expectancy tables suggest. — Christopher Poch, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 That created a competitive advantage the world still underestimates. — Keith Krach, Fortune, 3 July 2026 Andy Sachs starts off as the girl everyone underestimates, then proceeds to survive the highs and lows of working for Runway magazine in The Devil Wears Prada. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026 Telling the story this way elides, smooths over, and underestimates the role of circumstance and dumb luck. — Charles Yu, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026 The problem is that this comparison often oversimplifies what Social Security actually is and underestimates how much risk and leverage already exist in today’s financial markets. — Bruce Helmer, Twin Cities, 28 Feb. 2026 Liwag added that current consensus underestimates GE Aerospace’s long-term free cash flow and earnings power, with further upside possible from multiple expansion and earnings revision. — Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2026 Advocates suggest the formula now underestimates the cost per student by almost $4,500. — Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 18 Feb. 2026 As always, Keaton drastically underestimates herself. — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 26 Dec. 2025

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Placing the heavy shielding and reactor components in the middle minimizes the physical stress caused by bending moments at sea and insulates the nuclear systems from external side-impact collisions.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026
The 10-mm heel drop (the difference in height between the heel and front of the foot) minimizes pressure when landing and takes stress off the Achilles.

— Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 15 July 2026

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The Abundance movement counters that this undervalues those who move somewhere new and come to love it just as fiercely.

— Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 9 June 2026
While the tax seems large, experts say the city's antiquated assessment and valuation system dramatically undervalues properties, reducing the burden.

— Robert Frank, CNBC, 28 May 2026

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