Definitions
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- verb statistics To use a
statistical model that has too fewparameters relative to the size of the sample
Etymologies
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under- + fit
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Examples
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These streams are underfit relative to the older channels and are incised into the land surface.
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This produces slot canyons like the 30 m deep Grand Canyon which is only 3 m wide at the top, that become wide valleys in which small underfit rivers flow where the sandstone cap has collapsed.
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These small streams are usually underfit relative to the older channels, higher than the adjacent Arkansas/Ouachita River Backswamps (73i), and have small watersheds.
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