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- adjective
predicted to be smaller than reality
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He adds that the FHA's past models "substantially underpredicted default risk," worries about the solvency of FHA borrowers with less than a 5% down payment "in an economic environment of flat to declining house prices and persistently high unemployment," and wonders how many borrowers used the Obama Administration's first-time homeowner tax credit for their down payment.
What Housing Risk? 2011
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Yeah, but he's underpredicted a bunch of other primaries.
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And, certainly, we saw, during the primary cases in New Hampshire -- and there's actually one study that said that polling either underpredicted Obama or Clinton in 18 of the primary races.
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In the fall, scientists pointed out that the Energy Department had underpredicted by a factor of four just how far radiation could spread in an accident.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Potentially, the model could have underpredicted for a time.
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Potentially, the model could have underpredicted for a time.
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But they said their model was much more accurate in predicting actual growth in the first three quarters of the recovery than Blue Chip forecasters, who underpredicted the pace by more than one percentage point.
The Economic Times 2010
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Potentially, the model could have underpredicted for a time.
Reuters: Top News 2010
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Potentially, the model could have underpredicted for a time.
Reuters: Top News 2010
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Potentially, the model could have underpredicted for a time.
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