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Underjudge (verb) means to judge something as worse or lower than it really deserves.

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To judge something as worse or lower than it really deserves.

""This ain't gonna be pretty. Tanjo's the best archer amongst us, but he's arrogant and liable to underjudge an opponent. Play possum if you can, make him think he doesn't have to try too hard to beat you."" — J. V. Jones, A Fortress of Grey Ice (Sword of Shadows; book two) (2004)

"Some men will underjudge the distance." — Journals (1908)

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