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underexaggerating

underexaggerating is the present participle and gerund of underexaggerate.

Meaning of underexaggerate

Verb

underexaggerate (third-person singular simple present underexaggerates, present participle underexaggerating, simple past and past participle underexaggerated)

  1. (ambitransitive, rare) To understate.
    • Academics tend to be very sceptical of oil forecasts made by the major oil companies as they underexaggerate the probable amounts of oil in the world.1983, International Symposium on Theory and Practice in Transport

Questions about underexaggerating

What is underexaggerating the present participle and gerund of?
Underexaggerating is the present participle and gerund of underexaggerate.

Words near underexaggerating in the dictionary

  1. underevaluation
  2. underevaluations
  3. underexaggerate
  4. underexaggerated
  5. underexaggerates
  6. underexaggerating
  7. underexamined
  8. underexclusive
  9. underexcretion
  10. underexercise
  11. underexercised

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