undercount

un·der·count

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [verb uhn-der-kount; noun uhn-der-kount]
- /verb ˌʌn dərˈkaʊnt; noun ˈʌn dərˌkaʊnt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [verb uhn-der-kount; noun uhn-der-kount]
- /verb ˌʌn dərˈkaʊnt; noun ˈʌn dərˌkaʊnt/

Definitions of undercount word

verb with object undercount to count less than the full number or amount of: The mayor claimed the census had undercounted the city's population. 1
noun undercount a count or total that is less than the actual number or amount. 1
noun undercount an incomplete count 0
verb transitive undercount to get a total by counting that is smaller than the actual total of 0
noun undercount the act or an instance of undercounting 0
verb undercount To count to an insufficient degree; to count one thing disproportionately less than another. 0

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Origin of undercount

First appearance:

before 1950

One of the 5% newest English words

First recorded in 1950-55; under- + count1

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Parts of speech for Undercount

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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undercount popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

undercount usage trend in Literature

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