underrate
verb
un·der·rate
ˌən-dər-ˈrāt 
ˌən-də-
underrated; underrating; underrates
: to rate or value (something or someone) too low : undervalue
His off-the-cuff improvisations, his airy tendency to throw out half-baked ideas, caused others to underrate his continuity of purpose …—
Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.As I watched the film for the first time …, it seemed to me that its effect was to exploit innocence and violence in ways that overrate the power of the first and underrate the complexity of the second …—Vincent Canby
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Vincent CanbyExamples of underrate in a Sentence
She underrated her student's ability.
it's perhaps the most underrated film of the last decade
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Kelly Iko, New York Times, 17 June 2025
What Endures In a world obsessed with fame, the quiet work of creating value is underrated.
—Matt Reynolds, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
His passing has been underrated, while he can regularly be seen instructing Balde to his left and Pau Cubarsi to his right on positioning and organisation.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 16 May 2025
There are a lot of reasons why great movies can be underrated, ignored, or even reviled.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 9 May 2025
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“Underrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/underrate. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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underrate
verb
un·der·rate
ˌən-də(r)-ˈrāt
: to rate too low : undervalue
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