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

Jumping jacks are an underrated bodyweight exercise to increase your calorie expenditure. —Jakob Roze, Health, 14 July 2025

Grit may be the most underrated trait behind meaningful success, especially when talent or luck is not enough. —Dr. Angélica S. Gutiérrez, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025

Rodgers and Byron Murphy Jr. is an underrated cornerback tandem. —Alec Lewis, New York Times, 9 July 2025

The series hails from writer Benjamin Cavell, whose recent take on The Stand was so non-definitive that the pandemic thriller is already reportedly getting a new incarnation, and director Jack Bender, who worked on the underrated Mr. Mercedes. —Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2025

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