undercount

undercount
v. /un'deuhr kownt"/; n. /un"deuhr kownt'/, v.t.
1. to count less than the full number or amount of: The mayor claimed the census had undercounted the city's population.
n.
2. a count or total that is less than the actual number or amount.
[1950-55; UNDER- + COUNT1]

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