unappreciated
adjective
un·ap·pre·ci·at·ed
ˌən-ə-ˈprē-shē-ˌā-təd 
-ˈpri-,
also -ˈprē-sē-
: not given deserved recognition or thanks : not properly appreciated
unappreciated volunteers
felt unappreciated for her efforts
a career largely unappreciated by critics
an unappreciated skill
Examples of unappreciated in a Sentence
a number of unappreciated little favors that we had done for the neighbors
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Marianne Jean-Baptiste stars as an unappreciated bank teller who buys the flowing red frock at a department store, only to have her life go from bad to worse.
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Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
Something approaching ecological grief now surfaced in his work, a sense that Big Sky Country’s outdoor life—and with it, the folkways of people who beat the sun to rising and who know how to shoe a horse and gut and pack out an elk—was becoming gradually impossible, or at least unappreciated.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
Driving trucks is one of the unappreciated backbones of modern civilization.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 Sep. 2025
Not Recognizing Contributions Not recognizing employees leaves them feeling invisible and unappreciated, which can lead to low morale.
—Elizabeth Semion, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
Something approaching ecological grief now surfaced in his work, a sense that Big Sky Country’s outdoor life—and with it, the folkways of people who beat the sun to rising and who know how to shoe a horse and gut and pack out an elk—was becoming gradually impossible, or at least unappreciated.
—Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2025
Driving trucks is one of the unappreciated backbones of modern civilization.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 Sep. 2025
Not Recognizing Contributions Not recognizing employees leaves them feeling invisible and unappreciated, which can lead to low morale.
—Elizabeth Semion, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unappreciated
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“Unappreciated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unappreciated. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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