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undercounting

undercounting is the present participle and gerund of undercount.

Meaning of undercount

Verb

undercount (third-person singular simple present undercounts, present participle undercounting, simple past and past participle undercounted)

  1. To count to an insufficient degree; to count one thing disproportionately less than another
    • But minority stations have claimed that they are undercounted in the new system, in part because Arbitron has struggled to include representative numbers of young and minority listeners in its sample.2009 January 8, Brian Stelter, “Arbitron Settles Lawsuit Alleging Bias in Radio Ratings System”, in New York Times

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Questions about undercounting

What is undercounting the present participle and gerund of?
Undercounting is the present participle and gerund of undercount.

Words near undercounting in the dictionary

  1. undercorrections
  2. undercorrects
  3. undercount
  4. undercounted
  5. undercounter
  6. undercounting
  7. undercounts
  8. undercoupling
  9. undercover
  10. undercover car
  11. undercoverage

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