Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To estimate too low; to perceive (someone or something) as having a lower value, quantity, worth, etc., than what he/she/it actually has.

    unterschätzen

    недооце́ниватьnedoocénivatʹ, недооцени́тьnedoocenítʹ

    недооці́нюватиnedoocínjuvaty, недооціни́тиnedoocinýty

    make too low an estimate of

  2. (transitive)To perceive or expect (someone or something) to be less significant or difficult than it actually is.

    I totally underestimated the task.

Examples

184 sentences
  1. I've underestimated the strength of my opponent.

    Я недооцінив силу супротивника. — deniko

    ruЯ недооценил силу соперника. — GranD

  2. Don't underestimate my power.

    Не недооцінюй моєї сили. — deniko

    ruНе недооценивай мои силы. — al_ex_an_der

    deUnterschätze nicht meine Macht! — MUIRIEL

  3. I underestimated you, Tom.

    Я тебе недооцінив, Томе. — deniko

    ruЯ тебя недооценил, Том. — sharptoothed

  4. You always underestimate people.

    Ти завжди недооцінюєш людей. — deniko

    ruТы всегда недооцениваешь людей. — marafon

  5. Don't underestimate the enemy.

    Не недооцінюйте ворога. — deniko

    ruНе надо недооценивать врага. — marafon

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to perceive as having lower value:
Русский
By meaning 1
to perceive as having lower value:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to perceive as having lower value:

Forms

underestimates, underestimating, underestimated, underestimated
Base formunderestimate · to underestimate
3rd person singularunderestimates
Present participleunderestimating
Past simpleunderestimated
Past participleunderestimated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyunderestimate
he, she, itunderestimates

Past simpleLesson

all personsunderestimated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave underestimated
he, she, ithas underestimated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill underestimate

Synonyms

35 synonyms

Antonyms

17 antonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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