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- verb To
calculate as being smaller than is actually the case.
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Examples
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I think I am apt even to undercalculate the benefits of the future.
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I think I am apt to undercalculate the benefits of the future.
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I think I am apt even to undercalculate the benefits of the future.
My Bondage and My Freedom Frederick Douglass 1856
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I think I am apt even to undercalculate the benefits of the future.
My Bondage and My Freedom. By Frederick Douglass. With and Introduction. By James M`Cune Smith. 1855
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I think I am apt even to undercalculate the benefits of the future.
My Bondage and My Freedom. Part I.--Life as a Slave. Part II.--Life as a Freeman 1850
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Mr. Leschot of Charlottesville going on to Philadelphia, we charge him with a sum of money, sufficient as we suppose to pay for the 5 stoves. should we undercalculate the amount the dealer in these articles will surely trust us for what it may be deficient on my assurance that it shall be remitted as soon as known. he must put them, in proper condition, on board some vessel bound to Richmond, address them to Capt.
Letters to and from Jefferson, 1819 [a machine-readable transcription] 1819
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