"underreport" meaning in English

See underreport in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-underreport.wav Forms: underreports [present, singular, third-person], underreporting [participle, present], underreported [participle, past], underreported [past]
Etymology: From under- + report. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|report}} under- + report Head templates: {{en-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
    Sense id: en-underreport-en-verb-zNqXlwkW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with under-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with under-: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 73 27
  2. As a group, to report something less frequently than it actually occurs
    Sense id: en-underreport-en-verb-er8wlhk~ Categories (other): English terms prefixed with under- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with under-: 55 45

Inflected forms

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