Associations to the word «Underestimate»

Wiktionary

UNDERESTIMATE, verb. (transitive) To perceive (someone or something) as having a lower value, quantity, worth, etc., than what he/she/it actually has.
UNDERESTIMATE, noun. An estimate or perception that is too low.

Dictionary definition

UNDERESTIMATE, noun. An estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value.
UNDERESTIMATE, verb. Assign too low a value to; "Don't underestimate the value of this heirloom-you may sell it at a good price".
UNDERESTIMATE, verb. Make a deliberately low estimate; "The construction company wanted the contract badly and lowballed".
UNDERESTIMATE, verb. 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".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne