Undercount Definition

ŭndər-kount
undercounts
verb
To get a total by counting that is smaller than the actual total of.
Webster's New World
To record fewer than the actual number of (persons in a census, for example).
American Heritage

To count to an insufficient degree; to count one thing disproportionately less than another.

Wiktionary
noun
The act or an instance of undercounting.
Webster's New World

Origin of Undercount

  • under- +"Ž count

    From Wiktionary

Undercount Sentence Examples

  • In seeking a solution to the differential undercount the Census Bureau turned to dual system estimation.

  • Countries with a developed infrastructure do not expect to reduce their census undercount below the current 2-3% .

  • Countries with a developed infrastructure do not expect to reduce their census undercount below the current 2-3 %.

  • Hence a complaint that the population is overstated is seldom heard, and hence, also, popular charges of an undercount afford little evidence that the population was really larger than stated by the census.

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