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 Canby
Examples 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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Yet both 2008 and 2013 vintages were underrated, in Luca’s opinion, and as one tastes these wines today, their outstanding qualities certainly bear out the truth.
—Cathrine Todd, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
KeyBanc argued the music streaming giant’s earnings power is underrated.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2024
Yet the documentary and improvisational nature of Cassavetes’ sensibility has largely been overstated (it’s well established by this point that his films were pretty carefully scripted), and attention to this aspect of his craft largely underrates Rowlands’ achievement.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2024
Even this may underrate the Democratic advantage, though, since the most dynamic sectors of the economy—situated in deep-blue metropolitan areas—tilt sharply in their direction.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 19 Aug. 2024
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Cathrine Todd, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
KeyBanc argued the music streaming giant’s earnings power is underrated.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2024
Yet the documentary and improvisational nature of Cassavetes’ sensibility has largely been overstated (it’s well established by this point that his films were pretty carefully scripted), and attention to this aspect of his craft largely underrates Rowlands’ achievement.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2024
Even this may underrate the Democratic advantage, though, since the most dynamic sectors of the economy—situated in deep-blue metropolitan areas—tilt sharply in their direction.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 19 Aug. 2024
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“Underrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/underrate. Accessed 15 Oct. 2024.
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underrate
verb
un·der·rate
ˌən-də(r)-ˈrāt
: to rate too low : undervalue
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