UNDERRATE Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

underrate

verb

ˌən-dər-ˈrāt

Definition of underrate next

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 While underrated, the Fox comedy remains the prototype for shows such as Friends, The Big Bang Theory, Insecure and more that followed. —

Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026 More interesting is how Rocky feels he’s been underrated as a progenitor of modern rap style. —

Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 19 Jan. 2026 Institutions and citizens of such an order should neither overrate the risk nor underrate their own strength and potential to prevail. —

Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025 Bates is such a force of nature in this flick that the near-Hitchcockian manner in which Reiner does the best directorial work of his career was underrated. —

Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for underrate

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underestimate

Verb

Judge Boyle noted that Musk appeared to underestimate this collective influence before acquiring Twitter.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 27 Mar. 2026
Kratom poisonings are probably underestimated due to the reliance on self-reports and because of insufficient testing, the study researchers and other experts agreed.

— Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2026