underestimation
noun
- act/process of perceiving an entity as having lower value or importance than it actually has
Wiktionary
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English estimation English underestimation From under- + estimation.
- The act of underestimating.
- An underestimate.