underestimate

Word parts

under- + estimate

Verb

Plain form underestimate

Third-person singular underestimates

Past tense underestimated

Past participle underestimated

Present participle underestimating

1. When you underestimate something, you think of it to be smaller or less important than it really is

   Do not underestimate our new colleague, he used to be under the President's scholarship to study overseas.