avaient sous-estimé
-they had underestimated
Pluperfect ils/elles conjugation of sous-estimer.

sous-estimer

Les États-Unis avaient sous-estimé nos moyens et ils étaient sous le choc après leurs lourdes pertes.
The United States had underestimated our means and was shocked after it suffered serious losses.
Apparemment elles avaient sous-estimé la protection des zones libérées face à tous les succès et nécessités de l’offensive.
They obviously had underestimated the safeguarding of the liberated areas after all the successes and the demands of the offensive.
La rapidité de la détérioration de la situation a démontré que toutes les agences présentes en Guinée avaient sous-estimé l'importance des risques humanitaires.
The rapidity with which the situation deteriorated revealed the extent to which all the agencies present in Guinea had underestimated the importance of humanitarian risks.
La vitesse de propagation de la téléphonie en Inde est à couper le souffle, un fait qui a même forcé certains responsables politiques à admettre qu'ils avaient sous-estimé le potentiel de ce marché.
The speed of the telecom spread in India has been breathtaking - a fact that has made even some policymakers admit that they underestimated the market potential.
Mais loin d'être un processus maîtrisé, on constate que tous les six mois ou presque, les dirigeants des banques occidentales découvrent qu'ils avaient sous-estimé l'ampleur des problèmes et qu'ils sont donc obligés d'annoncer de nouveaux licenciements massifs.
But far from being a controlled process, we see that every six months or so Western bank leaders find that they had underestimated the extent of the problems and are therefore obliged to announce further mass layoffs.
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