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undercount

[ verb uhn-der-kount; noun uhn-der-kount ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to count less than the full number or amount of:

    The mayor claimed the census had undercounted the city's population.



noun

  1. a count or total that is less than the actual number or amount.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of undercount1

First recorded in 1950–55; under- + count 1

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Example Sentences

Outside clearings do not undercount outside check deposits nearly to the extent that Professor Fisher assumes.

Do the figures that get into the "all other" deposits from those connected with the Stock Exchange undercount sales made there?

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