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underreported

underreported is the simple past and past participle of underreport.

Meaning of underreport

Verb

underreport (third-person singular simple present underreports, present participle underreporting, simple past and past participle underreported)

  1. To report a number falsely, making it smaller than it ought to be, especially to do so intentionally
    • March 9, 2007, Lara Jordan, Associated Press, Audit Slams FBI Use Of Patriot Act
      The FBI underreported its use of the USA Patriot Act to force businesses to turn over customer information in suspected terrorism cases, according to a Justice Department audit.
  2. As a group, to report something less frequently than it actually occurs
    • Women tend to underreport rape.
    Antonyms:
    overreport

Adjective

underreported (comparative more underreported, superlative most underreported)

  1. Reported as smaller or lesser than reality.

Forms of underreported

comparativemore underreported
superlativemost underreported

Questions about underreported

What does underreported mean?
Underreported means reported as smaller or lesser than reality.
What is underreported the simple past and past participle of?
Underreported is the simple past and past participle of underreport.
What part of speech is underreported?
Underreported is an adjective.

Words near underreported in the dictionary

  1. underreplicated
  2. underreplicates
  3. underreplicating
  4. underreplication
  5. underreport
  6. underreported
  7. underreporter
  8. underreporters
  9. underreporting
  10. underreportings
  11. underreports

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Adapted from Wiktionary: underreported (page history and authors); underreport (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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