underrecord

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

under- +‎ record

Verb[edit]

underrecord (third-person singular simple present underrecords, present participle underrecording, simple past and past participle underrecorded)

  1. To record inadequately.
    • 2015 August 4, John Schwartz, “Methane Leaks May Greatly Exceed Estimates, Report Says”, in New York Times[1]:
      When that occurs, the device does not measure the amount of methane that the second sensor would capture, and so it underrecords methane leakage rates.