Underestimated Meaning in English
word · lemma: underestimate
释义
Judged something to be smaller, less important, or less capable than it actually is. The opposite of overestimated.
用法与细微差别
Commonly used about people ("Don't underestimate her"), costs ("We underestimated the budget"), and difficulty ("I underestimated how hard it would be"). "Underestimate" as a noun is also used: "That figure is an underestimate."
例句
We underestimated the time needed to finish the project.
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Don't underestimate the power of a good night's sleep.
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The cost was underestimated by nearly fifty percent.
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She was consistently underestimated throughout her career, which only fueled her determination.
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Never underestimate a team that has nothing left to lose.
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The report found that the environmental damage had been severely underestimated for decades.
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