Overview of noun underestimate

The noun underestimate has 1 sense

• underestimate, underestimation, underrating, underreckoning -- (an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value)

Overview of verb underestimate

The verb underestimate has 3 senses

• undervalue, underestimate -- (assign too low a value to; "Don't underestimate the value of this heirloom-you may sell it at a good price")


• lowball, underestimate -- (make a deliberately low estimate; "The construction company wanted the contract badly and lowballed")


• underestimate, underrate -- (make too low an estimate of; "he underestimated the work that went into the renovation"; "Don't underestimate the danger of such a raft trip on this river")