underestimation

Roget category 483

4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties
› 4.5. Results of reasoning
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#483. Underestimation

noun

underestimation — depreciation etc. (detraction) 934 — pessimism, pessimist — undervaluing etc. v. — modesty etc. 881.

verb

underrate, underestimate, undervalue, underreckon^† — depreciate — disparage etc. (detract) 934 — not do justice to — misprize, disprize — ridicule etc. 856 — slight etc. (despise) 930 — neglect etc. 460 — slur over.
make light of, make little of, make nothing of, make no account of — belittle — minimize, think nothing of — set no store by, set at naught — shake off as dewdrops from the lion's mane.

adjective

depreciating, depreciated etc. v. — unvalued, unprized^†.

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