as in unnoticed
not appreciated or valued enough
Her work is underappreciated by the critics. an underappreciated talent
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Recent Examples of underappreciated
In fact, social isolation is one of the most common, underappreciated side effects of having cancer, and can affect not only a person's mental health, but their ability to fight disease.
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Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 30 June 2025
Another underappreciated factor is mutual dependency.
—Patrick Moorhead, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
Absurd and poignant family stories alternate with tales about such writers as Franz Kafka, Virginia Woolf, the underappreciated Wright Morris and Maeve Brennan, Lorraine Hansberry, Bette Howland, Paul Celan, and Andre Dubus.
—Donna Seaman
june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
The hero is a stand-in, paradoxically, for both AI fanboys and those underappreciated tech workers whose jobs are imperiled by the technology.
—Joshua Hunt, Vulture, 5 June 2025
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Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 30 June 2025
Another underappreciated factor is mutual dependency.
—Patrick Moorhead, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
Absurd and poignant family stories alternate with tales about such writers as Franz Kafka, Virginia Woolf, the underappreciated Wright Morris and Maeve Brennan, Lorraine Hansberry, Bette Howland, Paul Celan, and Andre Dubus.
—Donna Seaman
june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
The hero is a stand-in, paradoxically, for both AI fanboys and those underappreciated tech workers whose jobs are imperiled by the technology.
—Joshua Hunt, Vulture, 5 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underappreciated
unnoticed
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Either way, these conversations reveal strengths that otherwise go unnoticed and let your team know their growth is on your radar, even if a formal opportunity isn’t open yet.—
Beth Forester,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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Until now, there was no centralized system in place to prevent double billing, which enabled overpayments to go unnoticed.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 July 2025
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