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un⋅der⋅count

[v. uhn-der-kount; n. 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
2. a count or total that is less than the actual number or amount.

Origin:
1950–55; under- + count 1
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un·der·count   (ŭn'dər-kount')   
tr.v.   un·der·count·ed, un·der·count·ing, un·der·counts
To record fewer than the actual number of (persons in a census, for example).
un'der·count' n.
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