v. To perceive (someone or something) as having a lower value, quantity, worth etc. than what it actually has.
n. An estimate or perception that is too low.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
v. To set too low a value on; to estimate below the truth.
n. The act of underestimating; too low an estimate.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To estimate at too low a rate; not to value sufficiently.
n. An estimate or valuing at too low a rate.
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n. an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value
v. make a deliberately low estimate
v. assign too low a value to
v. make too low an estimate of
Word Usage
"One point you may underestimate is how deeply liberals believe that rich-getting-richer really is hurting the middle class and how the middle class, too, is deserving of lots of social help — if not total egalitarian-type redistribution."