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undercount

/verb uhn-der-kount; noun uhn-der-kount/US // verb ˌʌn dərˈkaʊnt; noun ˈʌn dərˌkaʊnt //

少计,少算,少算的,少报

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to count less than the full number or amount of: The mayor claimed the census had undercounted the city's population.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a count or total that is less than the actual number or amount.

Examples

  • The Bureau of Labor Statistics has flagged undercounts in the official unemployment rate before.

  • Still, the reports probably represent a dramatic undercount because it takes time and initiative for busy employees to file them.

  • “That number is a vast undercount,” said Homer Venters, the former chief medical officer at New York’s Rikers Island jail complex.

  • The report said the total is likely an undercount as some of those infected declined to share their close contacts with health officials.

  • Researchers caution that this figure represents an undercount.

  • Outside clearings do not undercount outside check deposits nearly to the extent that Professor Fisher assumes.

  • Do the figures that get into the "all other" deposits from those connected with the Stock Exchange undercount sales made there?