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underascertainment

underascertainment noun: insufficient ascertainment.

Noun

underascertainment (uncountable)

  1. Insufficient ascertainment
    • Further, some household contacts with symptoms may not have returned with the contact slip, leading to underascertainment of contacts examined and possible TB cases detected.2015 July 6, Kshitij Khaparde et al., “Evaluation of TB Case Finding through Systematic Contact Investigation, Chhattisgarh, India”, in Tuberculosis Research and Treatment, volume 2015, →DOI

Origin of underascertainment

From under- + ascertainment.

Questions about underascertainment

What does underascertainment mean?
Underascertainment means insufficient ascertainment.
What part of speech is underascertainment?
Underascertainment is a noun.

Words near underascertainment in the dictionary

  1. underarticulate
  2. underarticulated
  3. underarticulates
  4. underarticulating
  5. underarticulation
  6. underascertainment
  7. underassertive
  8. underassertively
  9. underassertiveness
  10. underassess
  11. underassessed

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