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  • adjective Having fewer citations that would be expected

Etymologies

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under- +‎ cited

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Examples

  • These often misquoted statistics are wrong--overused, undercited, and lacking adequate research.

    Divorce Myths Debunked The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • These often misquoted statistics are wrong--overused, undercited, and lacking adequate research.

    Divorce Myths Debunked The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • When the colleagues applied this method to a graph of 300,000+ papers, they discovered the true undercited gems.

    The Reference Frame 2010

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