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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Steve McQueen’s underrated heist drama features one of the great ensembles of recent years, led by Viola Davis as the wife of a supposedly deceased master thief (Liam Neeson) who decides, along with her fellow widows, to complete one last heist that her husband had been planning.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
This month marks 80 years since one of the most influential yet underrated inventions burst onto the market in New York on October 29, 1945.
—New Atlas, 29 Oct. 2025
At its core, astrology is a map for self-awareness and one of the most underrated tools in this map is the 12 astrological houses.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Either way, barring some kind of disastrous injury at some point this season, the Commanders' star will be set to join this exclusive club at some point this year, cementing his status as one of the more underrated players of his generation in the process.
—Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
This month marks 80 years since one of the most influential yet underrated inventions burst onto the market in New York on October 29, 1945.
—New Atlas, 29 Oct. 2025
At its core, astrology is a map for self-awareness and one of the most underrated tools in this map is the 12 astrological houses.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Either way, barring some kind of disastrous injury at some point this season, the Commanders' star will be set to join this exclusive club at some point this year, cementing his status as one of the more underrated players of his generation in the process.
—Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for underrated
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“Underrated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/underrated. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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