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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesuntererfassen
Pronunciation / Transliteration: un-ter-er-fas-sen
"Wissenschaftler befürchten, dass die Krankheitsfälle untererfasst werden."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To report figures, statistics, or information as being significantly less than they actually are.
"Many businesses tend to under-report their carbon emissions to avoid heavy regulatory penalties."
- 1
An official report or public statement that provides an insufficiently low account of a quantity, occurrence, or scale.
"Independent investigators argued that the initial safety data was a severe under-report."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines the Germanic-derived prefix 'under-', meaning 'less than normal or necessary', with the verb 'report', which traces back through Middle English from Old French and ultimately Latin 'reportare' (to bring back, carry back). Emerging in the 20th century with the growth of empirical data collection, social sciences, and official statistics, it gained widespread currency in contexts where official figures fail to capture the true magnitude of an event.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Under-report" is said worldwide
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sous-rapporter
Transliteration: soo-ra-por-tay
"Il est fréquent de sous-rapporter les incidents mineurs au travail."
untererfassen
Transliteration: un-ter-er-fas-sen
"Wissenschaftler befürchten, dass die Krankheitsfälle untererfasst werden."
sottoriferire
Transliteration: sotto-rife-rire
"Le aziende rischiano multe se decidono di sottoriferire i profitti."
infravalorar en los informes
Transliteration: in-fra-va-lo-rar en los in-for-mes
"Las víctimas suelen infravalorar los delitos menores ante la policía."
subnotificar
Transliteration: sub-no-ti-fi-kar
"Os hospitais podem subnotificar casos durante surtos epidémicos."
कम रिपोर्ट करना
Transliteration: kam riport karna
"अक्सर लोग पुलिस में अपराधों को कम रिपोर्ट करते हैं।"
瞒报
Transliteration: mán bào
"企业因瞒报安全隐患而受到了严厉惩罚。"
축소 보고하다
Transliteration: chuk-so bo-go-ha-da
"일부 기업들은 매출을 축소 보고하려는 유혹을 느낀다."
少なく報告する
Transliteration: sukunaku houkoku suru
"事故の件数を少なく報告することは違法である。"
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