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
But Sanford has a way of elevating the underappreciated.
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Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Chloe Okuno’s wildly underappreciated film has Monroe playing Julia, who has been forced to relocate to Bucharest with her husband, Francis (Karl Glusman), for his work.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
Welcome to an essential but largely overlooked — and underappreciated — task required to get a college football team’s gear from here to there for game day.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2025
Parents can also end up feeling isolated, underappreciated, and suffering from low self-esteem and reduced personal motivation.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 10 Oct. 2025
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Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Chloe Okuno’s wildly underappreciated film has Monroe playing Julia, who has been forced to relocate to Bucharest with her husband, Francis (Karl Glusman), for his work.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
Welcome to an essential but largely overlooked — and underappreciated — task required to get a college football team’s gear from here to there for game day.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2025
Parents can also end up feeling isolated, underappreciated, and suffering from low self-esteem and reduced personal motivation.
—Melissa Willets, Parents, 10 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underappreciated
unnoticed
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But Meredith’s not laughing, and the back-and-forth escalates enough for Captain Jason, who was meant to join the women for dessert, to slip away from the table unnoticed.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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Many victims only realize something is wrong after small, unnoticed transactions slowly drain their accounts.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Underappreciated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underappreciated. Accessed 9 Dec. 2025.
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