Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To record fewer than the actual number of (persons in a census, for example).
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- verb To
count to an insufficient degree; to count one thingdisproportionately less than another
Etymologies
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Examples
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(I am not going to name names, but one should assume that polls conducted by robo-calls undercount cellphone-only voters.)
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We do know the ballots from Miami-Dade County, the 9,000 so-called undercount votes will be brought to the Leon County Library.
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An "undercount" costs money because most government funding is handed on the basis of population.
Home By GREG BLUESTEIN 2010
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Thus, the defective Census Bureau computer systems deprived 300-plus Grand Junction constituents of immediate Census jobs (while local unemployment remains near record highs) which could ultimately result in a significant "undercount" in western Colorado.
GJSentinel.com staff@gjsentinel.com 2010
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An "undercount" costs money because most government funding is handed on the basis of population.
Home fresnobee.com 2010
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This same kind of undercount happened again in 2003: The CMS reported 2 million people became eligible for Medicaid, but the Census Bureau recorded only a 350,000 increase in
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Callers said not running the story or others who reported the "undercount" were examples of how the liberal media is supporting the Obama Administration.
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Callers said not running the story or others who reported the "undercount" were examples of how the liberal media is supporting the Obama Administration.
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i also think it's naive for the school district personnel thinking that just becasue you don't return one, you become an "undercount".
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local dude_chill 2010
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i also think it's naive for the school district personnel thinking that just becasue you don't return one, you become an "undercount".
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local dude_chill 2010
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