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The sophistication of the overall system made the Americans realize they had underrated the Soviets; they weren't even sure how the various electronic parts they had found worked together.

From Time Magazine Archive

But the Crusaders showed up determined to prove that the experts had underrated them all season.

From Time Magazine Archive

I found I had underrated the distance from our camp to Alexandria, it being nearly two and one-half miles from our camp.

From My First Campaign by Grant, J. W.

She seemed ashamed, and with much reserve in her manner said, that it was her fault; she had underrated the distance, and imprudently allowed her father to start too late in the day.

From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles

But Tyope, cunning as he was, had underrated the firmness and perspicacity of Topanashka as much as he had overrated the abilities of Hoshkanyi.

From The Delight Makers by Bandelier, Adolph Francis Alphonse