underestimated
past simple and past participle ofunderestimate
| 单词 | underestimated |
| 释义 | underestimated past simple and past participle ofunderestimate underestimate verb uk/ˌʌn.dəˈres.tɪ.meɪt/us/ˌʌn.dɚˈes.tə.meɪt/underestimateverb(AMOUNT)B2[IorT] tofailtoguessorunderstandtherealcost,size,difficulty, etc. of something: Originally thecontractorgave me apriceof €2,000, but now they say they underestimated and it's going to be at least €3,000. Don't underestimate thedifficultiesof getting bothpartiesto theconferencetable. Opposite overestimate
Misunderstanding
underestimateverb(PERSON)C1[T] tofailtounderstandhowstrong,skilful,intelligent, ordeterminedsomeone,especiallyacompetitor, is: Never underestimateyouropponent! Estimating value
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Misunderstanding Examplesofunderestimatedunderestimated In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. To improve upon this, a classification with adjusted maximum likelihood probabilities was applied, that enlarged the probability of theunderestimatedtype, and vice versa. From theCambridge English Corpus This efficiency did of course also depend on considerable degrees of popular collusion and conformity, the extent of which should not beunderestimated. From theCambridge English Corpus The state may not dictate everyday life, but its importance should never beunderestimated. From theCambridge English Corpus The importance of fertility decline for further mortality reduction should not beunderestimated, especially after the initial onset of decline in both indicators. From theCambridge English Corpus Although forecasted salary growth rates and deferred compensation appear to beunderestimated, forecasted salaries demonstrate little bias for lower-paid public employees. From theCambridge English Corpus And this power judges have to interpret statutes should not beunderestimated. From theCambridge English Corpus Nevertheless, these projections ofunderestimatedrelocation substantially increase the likelihood that our estimates of the extent of new subjectivities are themselves conservative. From theCambridge English Corpus We did not examine partially overlapping events, whichunderestimatedthe range of double event amplitudes. From theCambridge English Corpus The authors draw attention to the fact that the number of individuals who experience a period of poverty during their lifespan is oftenunderestimated. From theCambridge English Corpus The research reported here indicates that the amount by which costs may beunderestimatedvaries according to living arrangements. From theCambridge English Corpus Those historians who haveunderestimatedor criticised the religious motivation of feminists need to reconsider their interpretation. From theCambridge English Corpus While the resources, capabilities and resilience of older people should not beunderestimated, individual resources alone are generally insufficient. From theCambridge English Corpus What has beenunderestimatedin this tradition is the transformational capacities people bring to their meanings. From theCambridge English Corpus Likewise, because some guests may not have reported their illness, we may haveunderestimatedthe attack rate among guests. From theCambridge English Corpus We may therefore have overestimated, orunderestimated, the effects of urbanization on the incidence of schizophrenia across the life course. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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