underreport
verb
un·der·re·port
ˌən-dər-ri-ˈpȯrt 
underreported; underreporting; underreports
: to report to be less than is actually the case : understate
underreports his income
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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.
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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
Think about it: There's little incentive to underreport your salary and wages.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
After a scathing Wall Street Journal investigation into Bank of America’s workplace culture, managers at the company have told junior bankers to report times they were instructed to underreport their working hours.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2024
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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
Think about it: There's little incentive to underreport your salary and wages.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
After a scathing Wall Street Journal investigation into Bank of America’s workplace culture, managers at the company have told junior bankers to report times they were instructed to underreport their working hours.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2024
See All Example Sentences for underreport
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“Underreport.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/underreport. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.
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