How to Use underreport in a Sentence

underreport

verb
  • There was a big snafu because a lot of the crew was underreported by the skippers.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 21 Jan. 2020
  • The study's authors suspect that catch may be underreported in some cases.
    — Chris Johns, National Geographic, 6 June 2018
  • In a fundraising note late Thursday, her team also lashed out at news outlets for underreporting on her.
    — Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner, 13 Feb. 2020
  • But individuals who don’t file their taxes, or underreport their income, are top of the list.
    — Lori Ioannou, WSJ, 5 Mar. 2022
  • Ghosn was charged with underreporting his income and diverting company funds for his own use.
    — Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2020
  • Amin is concerned that the incidence of infection has been underreported due to the lack of testing.
    — Anne Saker, Cincinnati.com, 5 May 2020
  • Return to menu When money is tight, there’s a temptation to underreport your income.
    — Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Illinois consumers are supposed to pay use tax to the state if sales tax isn’t charged on a purchase, but experts say underreporting is an issue.
    — Lauren Zumbach, chicagotribune.com, 21 June 2018
  • The study found the top 1% tended to underreport their income by as much as 20% to the IRS.
    — Stephen Gandel, CBS News, 1 May 2021
  • The work is grueling, with hours that stretch to 80 a week, and some residents say they are sometimes pressured to underreport their hours and work even more.
    — Jessica Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Testing rates vary widely between countries, and other states may be underreporting the extent of their outbreaks.
    — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2020
  • The tool will help Uber better address underreported troubles during trips.
    — Dalvin Brown, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2020
  • But advocates said the number is likely much higher, since these types of incidents are underreported.
    — Rafael Carranza, azcentral, 12 Feb. 2020
  • In many cases, divorce lawyers said, spouses underreport their holdings, or try to hide funds in online wallets that can be difficult to get into.
    — Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2022
  • Another issue that contributes to underreporting is that some trans people are misgendered at the time of their death.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 18 Nov. 2019
  • The idea is to generate more tax revenue for the nation's coffers by zeroing in on wealthy taxpayers who hide or underreport their income.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Experts expect the number to keep rising amid claims that China has been underreporting cases.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 24 Jan. 2020
  • Based on the audit’s findings, underreporting may cost the university millions of dollars a year.
    — Annie Waldman, ProPublica, 6 Dec. 2019
  • But Stinson and others said the problem is likely underreported.
    — Tom Jackman, chicagotribune.com, 13 July 2018
  • Most antifa violence has been swiftly swept under the rug or underreported by liberals and much of the mainstream media.
    — John Fund, National Review, 21 Aug. 2017
  • The seizures resulted in two guilty pleas on tax fraud charges that stemmed from the motel owners underreporting occupancy to avoid paying taxes.
    — NOLA.com, 22 Oct. 2017
  • The loss prevented operators from following city policy and caused the city to underreport hold times and abandoned call rates.
    — Jessica Floum, OregonLive.com, 7 June 2017
  • Hollier said the task force's review of Texas records found more overreporting but also underreporting.
    — Todd Ackerman, Houston Chronicle, 3 Jan. 2018
  • Hollier said the task force’s review of Texas records found more overreporting but also underreporting.
    — Todd Ackerman, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Jan. 2018
  • This was only a portion of their global catch, which the Soviet Union continued to underreport for years.
    — Ryan Jones, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Prosecutors added that Loloee had two sets of books used to underreport his federal payroll tax and personal income tax.
    — Brandon Downs, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Still, the extent of the contamination might have been underreported.
    — Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2017
  • The film excavates facts of Harding’s biography that, if not unknown, were underreported at the time.
    — Elizabeth Greenwood, Glamour, 8 Dec. 2017
  • Ducey, in comments to reporters after the on-air interview, said the increase in the amount of money flowing to schools under his watch has been misreported or underreported.
    — Ricardo Cano, azcentral, 10 Apr. 2018
  • The tendency to underreport is why Iona Cheng thinks her community in Oakland has become a target.
    — Marian Liu, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2021

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