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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But Martinez flew under the radar at both Oregon State and Miami and was an underrated prospect heading into the draft.
—Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
And surrounded by stars both established and rising who demand defensive attention, his underrated playmaking should quietly become one of the Nuggets’ most valuable secondary weapons.
—Joel Rush, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Fisk calls it an underrated masterpiece.
—Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2025
Auburn, of the big, bad SEC, rolls into a difficult environment at Baylor – with the entire college football world watching the primetime game – and blows a tire against a wildly underrated Big 12 team.
—Matt Hayes, The Tennessean, 30 Aug. 2025
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Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
And surrounded by stars both established and rising who demand defensive attention, his underrated playmaking should quietly become one of the Nuggets’ most valuable secondary weapons.
—Joel Rush, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Fisk calls it an underrated masterpiece.
—Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2025
Auburn, of the big, bad SEC, rolls into a difficult environment at Baylor – with the entire college football world watching the primetime game – and blows a tire against a wildly underrated Big 12 team.
—Matt Hayes, The Tennessean, 30 Aug. 2025
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“Underrated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/underrated. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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