underreckoning

Questions about underreckoning

What does underreckoning mean?

underreckoning means "an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value".

How many syllables are in underreckoning?

underreckoning has 5 syllables and divides as un-der-rec-ko-ning under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for underreckoning?

Close synonyms include underestimate, underestimation, underrating. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is underreckoning a common word?

underreckoning is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.