Word: underestimated
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: un
der
e
sti
ma
ted
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of underestimate; an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less than the true or actual value
Morphemes:
Affix: under-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently, below what is correct; subordinate to; beneath or behind.
Affix: estimate
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To calculate roughly, often from imperfect data.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: aestimatus
Language: la
Decoded: aestimatus
PoS: Participle
Meaning: assessed, estimated, reckoned, considered
Affix: -d
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: An empty suffix, perhaps derived from the past-tense suffix above, added in some dialects to the present tense forms of some words which then add an additional -ed in the past tense.