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

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

Examples of underrated in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

An underrated and brilliant colorist, Loro Piana’s eccentric sophistication was inspiring. —Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 2 Mar. 2026

The series is not based amid the glitz and glamour of Beverly Hills or the hustle-heavy streets of New York City, which Joshua Brown, vice president of unscripted production NBCUniversal, cites may be a reason for RHOP’s underrated reputation. —Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 1 Mar. 2026

Here ae 10 underrated Gulf Coast towns to visit this spring. —Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 Feb. 2026

Think Chris Underwood is highly underrated? —Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1778, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for underrated

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