Undercount
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Undercount is a verb meaning To count to an insufficient degree; to count one thing disproportionately less than another.
Meaning
To count to an insufficient degree; to count one thing disproportionately less than another.
More Meanings
- An incorrect count that is too low.
Example Sentences
And that, Lady Darvish thought, was almost certainly an undercount.
But minority stations have claimed that they are undercounted in the new system, in part because Arbitron has struggled to include representative numbers of young and minority listeners in its sample.
Word Forms
- undercounts
- undercounting
- undercounted
Antonyms for undercount
Common opposites include overcount.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include underrepresent, miscount, underclaim, under-represent, underreference, undermeasure.
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