I had underestimated
-avais sous-estimé
Past perfect I conjugation of underestimate.

underestimate

Listening to him I realized that I had underestimated him.
En l’écoutant, j’ai compris que je l’avais sous-estimé.
I had underestimated him, however.
Mais je l’avais sous-estimé.
On reading paragraph 14, I realise that I had underestimated the truth as this temptation is already emerging, here and now, in a situation of relative prosperity.
À la lecture du paragraphe 14, je m'aperçois que j'étais en-dessous de la vérité puisque cette tentation apparaît déjà, ici, maintenant, dans une situation de relative prospérité.
However, during the war against Libya, I had underestimated the ability of the United States to violate all the rules, including those of NATO.
Cependant, durant la guerre contre la Libye, j’avais sous-estimé la possibilité des États-Unis de violer toutes les règles, y compris celles de l’Otan.
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