UNDERESTIMATE


Meaning of UNDERESTIMATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ʌndərestɪmeɪt ]

( underestimates, underestimating, underestimated)

1.

If you underestimate something, you do not realize how large or great it is or will be.

None of us should ever underestimate the degree of difficulty women face in career advancement...

Never underestimate what you can learn from a group of like-minded people.

VERB : V n , V wh

• under‧es‧ti‧ma‧tion

...a serious underestimation of harm to the environment.

N-UNCOUNT : also a N

2.

If you underestimate someone, you do not realize what they are capable of doing.

The first lesson I learnt as a soldier was never to underestimate the enemy.

VERB : V n

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