verb
- to count less than the actual number; to fail to include all items in a count
noun
- an instance of counting less than the actual number; a count that is too low
Examples
- The census may undercount homeless populations.
- Officials worried they would undercount voters in rural areas.
- The survey appeared to undercount minority groups.
- There was a significant undercount in the election results.
- The undercount affected funding for the school district.
- Researchers tried to correct for the undercount in their data.