underrate

un·der·rate | \ ˌən-dər-ˈrāt

, ˌən-də- \

underrated; underrating; underrates

Definition of underrate

: 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. 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 — see also underrated

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She underrated her student's ability. it's perhaps the most underrated film of the last decade

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