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

Graham Moore, best known for The Imitation Game and the extremely underrated Mark Rylance vehicle The Outfit, serves as writer and creator alongside co-writer, co-showrunner, and co–executive producer Jacqueline Hoyt. — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026

The Black Sea coast is calm, beautiful, and totally underrated. — Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Aug. 2026

Fremde is a much underrated feature of human life, and Belben’s engagement with it is something every reader can benefit from, aesthetically as well as ethically. — Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026

The 6-foot senior receiver was one of the most underrated transfer portal pickups last cycle. — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Aug. 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