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    [Verb]  | "un*der*es*ti*mate" | \ ˌən-dər-ˈe-stə-ˌmāt \


    1: to estimate as being less than the actual size, quantity, or number

    2: to place too low a value on : underrate


    Origin: 1792 ;

    [Verb]  | "underestimate" 


    1: to place too low a value on;


      * e.g., " ... we had underestimated her ability to raise the start-up money for her own design firm "





     [ "Underestimate" ]

    1:  Rate something lower than its real/actual value , under appreciate.

      * e.g.,  ... You underestimated that problem because you are not familiar with it. 


     [ "Underestimate" ]

    2: Estimate/ rate someone lower than his/her actual potential, qualifications.

      * e.g.,  ... Don't underestimate 'em simply because they are young. Julian: Ask your lil bro to quit that chalenge it is very hard for him. 

     [ "underestimated" ]

    1: best NA clan for c-ops

      * e.g.,  ... underestimated rapes 6s in tournaments 

     [ "You underestimate my power" ]

    1: The act of declaring that one is good at something right before fucking it up. Derives from Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith where Anakin Skywalker says this to his former master Obi-Wan Kenobi right before lunging at him and getting his left arm and both of his legs cut of by a lightsaber.

      * e.g.,  ... Obi-Wan: "It's over Anakin, I have the high ground" 

     [ "underestimated" ]

    1: to think someone is less capable than they actually are.

      * e.g.,  ... i am underestimated 

     [ "Underestimate" ]

    1: Thinking something would be easier to do until you start to do it, what some people would call doing something from an armchair.

      * e.g.,  ... Don't underestimate the funny/silly looking guy/girl trying to disarm you, for he/she can go from funny/silly to serious and grown looking/sounding like a light switch, and bad things happen to people that underestimate him/her. His/her bag of tricks is deep, and they can all die. 

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