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

Alfred 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

Examples of underrated in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Sleep is underrated Fitzgerald is a Hall of Fame wide receiver who spent his 17-year NFL career with the Arizona Cardinals. — Elise Devlin, New York Times, 24 July 2026

Also this year, Chapel Hill and Boone ranked among the South’s best college towns and the nation’s most underrated college towns, The N&O previously reported. — Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 23 July 2026

One can be forgiven for going into Unsayable expecting to witness the formation of one of the most underrated American stylists of his generation. — Literary Hub, 23 July 2026

Last season the Horned Frogs had one of the more underrated tight ends in the Big 12 with DJ Rogers, who had the best season of his career with 319 yards and two touchdowns. — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1778, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for underrated

• abdicated
• abrogated
• acclimated
• activated
• actuated
• adumbrated
• advocated
• aggravated
• aggregated
• agitated
• allocated
• alternated