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Underreport definition

ŭndər-rĭ-pôrt
underreport under-reporting underreports
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To report fewer than the actual number or less than the true amount of.
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To report (income or crime statistics, for example) as being less than actually is the case.
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To report a number falsely, making it smaller than it ought to be, especially to do so intentionally.
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As a group, to report something less frequently than it actually occurs.

Women tend to underreport rape.

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Origin of underreport

  • under- +"Ž report.

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