UNDERESTIMATED Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

underestimated

verb

past tense of underestimate

as in minimized

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 underestimated Lampkin could be more of an outlier than an example, but there’s little doubt he’s been underestimated — something Lampkin acknowledged upon arriving last season. — Zach Berman, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 Being underestimated based on her beauty often put her at an advantage. — Judy Berman, Time, 26 Aug. 2026 Researchers noted that many cases of dementia were not captured on death certificates, suggesting the burden of neurodegenerative disease among former players may be underestimated. — Dr. Onaola Adedeji, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026 Because of that, the study probably underestimated the taxes an average investor would have paid. — Bob Carlson, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026 Generally speaking, [leaders have] underestimated how hard that is. — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 21 Aug. 2026 The plan also underestimated the cost of road improvements mandated under a 2016 county ordinance that required new development projects to make improvements along the property’s frontage, such as curbs, gutters and sidewalks. — Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026 Anyone can be underestimated for a long time based on many factors. — Wisdom Iheanyichukwu, Vanity Fair, 17 Aug. 2026 But on May 1, 1960, just four years after the U-2’s debut, the Soviet miliary shot down one of the planes, flown by Francis Gary Powers, proving that the US underestimated Soviet capabilities. — Emma Balleste, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026

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In this location, the telescope will rarely be blocked by Earth and infrared heat from the Earth, sun and moon is minimized.

— Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026
States alleged that Meta’s internal research documented links between Instagram use and harms including depression, anxiety and body-image concerns among young people, while the company publicly minimized or concealed those risks.

— Carolina Rossini, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026

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