underrated
adjective
un·der·rat·ed
ˌən-dər-ˈrā-təd 
ˌən-də-
: rated or valued too low
an underrated movie/book
… Francis, surely the most underrated player in the league, led the improbable comeback.—
E. M. Swift
E. M. SwiftAlfred Hitchcock's final film, Family Plot, is a very underrated 1976 comedy-thriller about a phony psychic's accidental involvement with jewel thieves.—Joe Leydon
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Teyana Taylor earned multiple critics’ awards notices for her breakthrough performance in the underrated indie drama A Thousand and One.
—Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 14 May 2024
Amid all the incredible musicianship, great lyrical work and bounty of topnotch material on display at the Guild Theatre on Thursday (May 9), one thing became increasingly clear:
Pablo Cruise is the most underrated band in Bay Area music history.
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 10 May 2024
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Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 14 May 2024
Amid all the incredible musicianship, great lyrical work and bounty of topnotch material on display at the Guild Theatre on Thursday (May 9), one thing became increasingly clear:
Pablo Cruise is the most underrated band in Bay Area music history.
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 10 May 2024
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“Underrated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/underrated. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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