UNDERRATE Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

underrate

verb

ˌən-dər-ˈrāt

Definition of underrate

as in to underestimate

to place too low a value on it's perhaps the most underrated film of the last decade

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Recent Examples of underrate To pretend otherwise, to act as if survival in these conditions is simply beyond this group, underrates them but is fundamentally far too kind to them. — Ben Jones, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 Garrett Wilson is underrated and has consistently been a 1,000-yard receiver when healthy. — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 22 Aug. 2026 Kahan’s voice is one of the things about him that may be underrated. — Chris Willman, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026 And don’t underrate how perfectly this first film captures something about Spider-Man’s central tragedy. — Darren Franich, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for underrate

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underestimate

Verb

My husband, a bookseller, often notes that most books are bad, and this may be doubly true for children’s books, whose brevity leads foolhardy would-be authors to underestimate the difficulty of their task.

— Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
Given past polling errors in Texas that underestimated the Republican vote, there's a healthy skepticism that Democrat James Talarico's margin of error lead in polling averages is enough to win.

— Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 2 Nov. 2026