undercounting
/ˌʌndərˈkaʊntɪŋ/
verb
- Present participle of undercount; to count fewer than the actual number.
- By ignoring small businesses, the report was undercounting the true economic growth.
- The software was undercounting the inventory, so they had to check each item by hand.
- The survey was undercounting young adults because it only called landlines.
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noun
- The act or result of counting fewer than the actual number; an inaccurate count that is too low.
- Election officials worried about the undercounting of votes from rural areas.
- The undercounting of fish in the river harmed conservation efforts.
- The undercounting of homeless people in the census led to less funding for shelters.