Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To report (income or crime statistics, for example) as being less than actually is the case.
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- verb To
report a number falsely, making it smaller than it ought to be, especially to do so intentionally - verb As a group, to
report something less frequently than it actually occurs
Etymologies
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Examples
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One concern, Shrestha noted, is that the study relied on women to report how much they smoked and drank during pregnancy, and people often "underreport" any behavior they believe will be frowned upon.
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One concern, Shrestha noted, is that the study relied on women to report how much they smoked and drank during pregnancy, and people often "underreport" any behavior they believe will be frowned upon.
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One concern, Shrestha noted, is that the study relied on women to report how much they smoked and drank during pregnancy, and people often "underreport" any behavior they believe will be frowned upon.
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One concern, Shrestha noted, is that the study relied on women to report how much they smoked and drank during pregnancy, and people often "underreport" any behavior they believe will be frowned upon.
Reuters: Top News 2010
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One concern, Shrestha noted, is that the study relied on women to report how much they smoked and drank during pregnancy, and people often "underreport" any behavior they believe will be frowned upon.
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Also local residents have given accounts of having seen police throwing bodies of dead civilians into the river in an apparent attempt to underreport the number of dead.
Death in the Amazon 2009
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Because people tend to underreport their weight, the percentage of people who are obese is probably higher than the statistics indicate.
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Because people tend to underreport their weight, the percentage of people who are obese is probably even higher than the statistics indicate, experts say.
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Army, says troops under his command in Iraq did not intentionally underreport the number of civilians who were killed during his tenure, from mid-2004 until early 2007.
US Denies Downplaying Iraq Civilian Deaths, Condoning Prisoner Abuse 2010
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Army, says troops under his command in Iraq did not intentionally underreport the number of civilians who were killed during his tenure, from mid-2004 until early 2007.
US Denies Downplaying Iraq Civilian Deaths, Condoning Prisoner Abuse 2010
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