UNDERESTIMATION Synonyms: 25 Similar Words

underestimation

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as in estimate

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Recent Examples of underestimation That's a significant underestimation of their missing investment. — Dave Etling, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026 That’s probably an underestimation. — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 24 June 2026 The first is the underestimation of local content – not just as an engagement driver, but as a transaction engine. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 June 2026 For Smith-Njigba, underestimation precedes dominance. — Adam Kilgore, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2026 The company has become established within the fintech community, with a trajectory defined not by underestimation, but by vision and execution. — Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 12 Nov. 2025 These numbers are likely an underestimation, though. — Ana González Vilá, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025 There are a couple of reasons to think that this is an underestimation of the impact, as well. — John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025 Limitations The study was limited by a number of factors, including its short duration, the inclusion of relatively healthy and mostly White participants, and the possible underestimation of effects in individuals with higher baseline inflammation. — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 16 Sep. 2025

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Noun

Analysts are expecting an opening weekend haul of $75 million, though studio estimates are closer to $60 million to $65 million.

— Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
The White House has not released a cost estimate for the arch.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026

Definition of estimate

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The agency has required the building’s owner to hire a third-party engineer to conduct a forensic evaluation — a formal investigation to determine the cause of the structural failure.

— Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 9 July 2026
Residents can collect soil samples and deliver them to Boyle Heights City Hall and other locations for an evaluation of lead, arsenic, chromium and mercury levels.

— Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

Definition of evaluation

Noun

Treasury responded but did not address GAO's recommendation that the department develop a government-wide fraud estimation methodology.

— Brett Rowland The Center Square, Arkansas Online, 5 July 2026
In Hruska’s estimation, some of the fireworks for sale at roadside stands are simply too powerful for amateur use.

— Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 July 2026

Definition of estimation

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The group has urged the Bay Area Air Quality Management District to evaluate the 37 biodiesel backup generators planned for the data center as a single pollution source and to conduct a complete health risk assessment before issuing approvals.

— Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
In 2004, a Senate Intelligence Committee report concluded the CIA had provided unfounded assessments of the threat posed by Iraq that the Bush administration had relied on to justify going to war.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026

Definition of assessment

Noun

The legislation also incorporates Warnock's Appraisal Modernization Act, which supporters say is intended to improve fairness in the home appraisal process.

— Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 12 July 2026
The benefits listed in official scientific and governmental appraisals of the water’s mineral content are nothing short of miraculous.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2026

Definition of appraisal

Noun

Kai Poma plans to conduct cultural and archaeological resource studies and environmental surveys and then prepare a resource management plan for the property, according to planning documents.

— Alex Wigglesworth Los Angeles Times, Arkansas Online, 5 July 2026
Kyle de Bruin, managing director at workplace research firm Leesman, said his firm’s surveys of roughly 100 to 130 large companies back this data up.

— Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 5 July 2026

Definition of survey

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The trial — and Pelicot’s decision to waive her anonymity — prompted a reckoning over rape culture in France and beyond.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
So before that reckoning reaches real projects, a chunk of the market is already counting work that was never agentic to begin with.

— Robert J. Szczerba, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of reckoning

Noun

Space startup activity has been growing for years, with new companies hitting unicorn valuations at a pace that would have seemed absurd five years ago.

— Charlotte Kiang, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026
Not having to pay California and three other states virtually the entire valuation of your company.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 8 July 2026

Definition of valuation

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