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undercounts

undercounts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of undercount.

undercounts is the plural 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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What is undercounts the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Undercounts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of undercount.

Words near undercounts in the dictionary

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

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