underrated

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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

underrated

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past tense and past participle of underrate

Examples of underrated in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

One fan takes the opportunity to ask for his thoughts on Memphis hip-hop — underrated in its influence, Diplo says — while another shrewdly hands over a stretchy cord bracelet with a flash drive loaded with music for submission. — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026

Mackenzie’s a somewhat underrated figure, a Scottish filmmaker who worked with Ken Loach as an assistant director before embarking on his own career making similar works of social realism for British film and television. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2026

Amtrak’s California Zephyr is often praised for its mountain views, but the Midwestern leg makes an underrated fall ride. — Lauren Dana Ellman, Midwest Living, 15 Oct. 2026

Gonzalez said that the most underrated gap is the large-scale cryogenic propellant transfer between vehicles once in orbit. — Andrew Jones, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1778, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for underrated

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