undercount
verb
un·der·count
ˌən-dər-ˈkau̇nt 
undercounted; undercounting; undercounts
: to count fewer than the actual number of
undercount
noun
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In both 2016 and 2020, for instance, state-level polls tended to undercount Trump supporters.
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Ezra Klein, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
The survey is considered an imperfect tool by some advocates, largely believed to undercount the number of people experiencing homelessness.
—Alayna Alvarez, Axios, 14 Aug. 2024
Complicating matters further, the millions of guns the government estimates were sold legally almost certainly undercount the total number of weapons that flooded the US during the pandemic.
—Marin Cogan, Vox, 5 Aug. 2024
Merchants may also commute from relatively far away, which (again, because of the false-consensus effect) leads them to undercount customers who live close enough to walk, bike, or ride the bus.
—David Zipper, Vox, 11 June 2024
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Ezra Klein, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
The survey is considered an imperfect tool by some advocates, largely believed to undercount the number of people experiencing homelessness.
—Alayna Alvarez, Axios, 14 Aug. 2024
Complicating matters further, the millions of guns the government estimates were sold legally almost certainly undercount the total number of weapons that flooded the US during the pandemic.
—Marin Cogan, Vox, 5 Aug. 2024
Merchants may also commute from relatively far away, which (again, because of the false-consensus effect) leads them to undercount customers who live close enough to walk, bike, or ride the bus.
—David Zipper, Vox, 11 June 2024
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“Undercount.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undercount. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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