underreported; underreporting; underreports

transitive verb

: to report to be less than is actually the case : understate
underreports his income

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Another possibility: Men may underreport their stress levels compared to women. Julia Ries, Health, 8 Mar. 2025 Many of the people hired with that budget increase were taxpayer service workers, who helped answer phones and assisted auditors in collecting money from people and businesses that underreport their income. Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 6 Feb. 2025 Despite these staggering numbers, the full extent of this epidemic may not be fully understood because nurses and other health care workers chronically underreport violent encounters. Jason Blomquist, The Conversation, 4 Mar. 2025 More importantly, taxpayers are significantly less likely to underreport in the years after receiving an audit. Felix Salmon, Axios, 21 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for underreport

Word History

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of underreport was in 1949

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“Underreport.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/underreport. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.

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