underestimating

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present participle of

to fail to guess or understand the real cost, size, difficulty, etc. of something:

Originally the contractor gave me a price of €2,000, but now they say they underestimated and it's going to be at least €3,000.

Don't underestimate the difficulties of getting both parties to the conference table.

to fail to understand how strong, skilful, intelligent, or determined someone, especially a competitor, is:

Never underestimate your opponent!