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verbunderassess (third-person singular simple present underassesses, present participle underassessing, simple past and past participle underassessed)
present singular third person underassesses · participle present underassessing · participle past underassessed · past underassessed
- transitiveTo assess at too low a value.
So a school district whose property is underassessed will get more state aid than it deserves.
1988 December 9, Ben Joravsky, “Property-tax assessments rise; north siders are revolting”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 24 Oct 2020
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underassess. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underassess
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“underassess.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underassess. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underassess,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underassess.
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