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Meaning of UNDERRATE

Pronunciation:  `undu'reyt

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [v]  make too low an estimate of; "he underestimated the cost of the renovation"; "Don't underestimate the danger of such a raft trip on this river"
 
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 Synonyms: underestimate
 
 Antonyms: overestimate, overrate
 
 See Also: misjudge, sell short

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Un`der*rate"\, v. t.
    To rate too low; to rate below the value; to undervalue.
    --Burke.
    
  2. \Un"der*rate`\, n.
    A price less than the value; as, to sell a thing at an
    underrate. --Cowley.
    
 

 

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