How to Use underreport in a Sentence

underreport

verb

• The study found the top 1% tended to underreport their income by as much as 20% to the IRS.
  — Stephen Gandel, CBS News, 1 May 2021
• There was a big snafu because a lot of the crew was underreported by the skippers.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 21 Jan. 2020
• People tend to underreport their use of drugs and alcohol.
  — Freep.com, 25 Oct. 2020
• Amin is concerned that the incidence of infection has been underreported due to the lack of testing.
  — Anne Saker, Cincinnati.com, 5 May 2020
• Illinois consumers are supposed to pay use tax to the state if sales tax isn’t charged on a purchase, but experts say underreporting is an issue.
  — Lauren Zumbach, chicagotribune.com, 21 June 2018
• In a fundraising note late Thursday, her team also lashed out at news outlets for underreporting on her.
  — Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner, 13 Feb. 2020
• The study's authors suspect that catch may be underreported in some cases.
  — Chris Johns, National Geographic, 6 June 2018
• Fred Levine, an Oceanfront resident, likened the boardwalk to the 405 Freeway between the piers and said crashes are underreported.
  — Hillary Davis, Daily Pilot, 24 May 2017
• This was only a portion of their global catch, which the Soviet Union continued to underreport for years.
  — Ryan Jones, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2022
• Return to menu When money is tight, there’s a temptation to underreport your income.
  — Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2023
• But individuals who don’t file their taxes, or underreport their income, are top of the list.
  — Lori Ioannou, WSJ, 5 Mar. 2022
• What has been underreported this week, in the barrage of anti-Zampese rhetoric, is the distinct possibility the players didn’t give the Ravens and Texans enough respect.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 21 Sep. 2017
• In many cases, divorce lawyers said, spouses underreport their holdings, or try to hide funds in online wallets that can be difficult to get into.
  — Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2022
• The film excavates facts of Harding’s biography that, if not unknown, were underreported at the time.
  — Elizabeth Greenwood, Glamour, 8 Dec. 2017
• However, experts remain concerned Iran may be underreporting cases and deaths, given the rapid spread from Iran across the Persian Gulf.
  — Jon Gambrell, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Feb. 2020
• The seizures resulted in two guilty pleas on tax fraud charges that stemmed from the motel owners underreporting occupancy to avoid paying taxes.
  — NOLA.com, 22 Oct. 2017
• The tendency to underreport is why Iona Cheng thinks her community in Oakland has become a target.
  — Marian Liu, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2021
• Ghosn was charged with underreporting his income and diverting company funds for his own use.
  — Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2020
• Ducey, in comments to reporters after the on-air interview, said the increase in the amount of money flowing to schools under his watch has been misreported or underreported.
  — Ricardo Cano, azcentral, 10 Apr. 2018
• The loss prevented operators from following city policy and caused the city to underreport hold times and abandoned call rates.
  — Jessica Floum, OregonLive.com, 7 June 2017
• Based on the audit’s findings, underreporting may cost the university millions of dollars a year.
  — Annie Waldman, ProPublica, 6 Dec. 2019
• Another issue that contributes to underreporting is that some trans people are misgendered at the time of their death.
  — Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 18 Nov. 2019
• Experts expect the number to keep rising amid claims that China has been underreporting cases.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 24 Jan. 2020
• Testing rates vary widely between countries, and other states may be underreporting the extent of their outbreaks.
  — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2020
• Most antifa violence has been swiftly swept under the rug or underreported by liberals and much of the mainstream media.
  — John Fund, National Review, 21 Aug. 2017
• After he was accused in Japan of underreporting his pay, Nissan offered one explanation: The man had too much power.
  — Megumi Fujikawa, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2018
• Sexual assaults are already underreported crimes, and recidivism rates among all ages vary from study by study.
  — Peter Rugg, The Atlantic, 1 June 2017
• Hollier said the task force's review of Texas records found more overreporting but also underreporting.
  — Todd Ackerman, Houston Chronicle, 3 Jan. 2018
• Hollier said the task force’s review of Texas records found more overreporting but also underreporting.
  — Todd Ackerman, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Jan. 2018
• These allegations come after Jason Friedman, the team’s former longtime vice president of sales, testified before Congress that the team kept two sets of books so as to underreport the ticket revenue that is shared among all 32 teams.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 26 Aug 2024