underrated

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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

underrated

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past tense and past participle of underrate

Examples of underrated in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Lloyd was always underrated — the George Harrison figure in Television, a couple of years younger than Verlaine, but constantly rebelling against his kid-brother status. — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 9 Nov. 2026

While Verlaine, who died in 2023, is commonly recognized as the band’s frontman and auteur, Lloyd’s contributions were perennially underrated. — Jem Aswad, Variety, 7 Nov. 2026

While that’s fair, IMAX’s capacity to express various sounds and create a sonic experience is quite amazing and underrated. — Zachary Lee, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2026

That underrated status suggests many Americans still associate Colorado primarily with mountains and skiing, without fully appreciating its broader lifestyle appeal. — Sara B. Hansen, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1778, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for underrated

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