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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 underrated
Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 31 May 2026
Places like Penang, Malaysia, a small island with one of Southeast Asia’s most fascinating and underrated food and cultural scenes.
—AFAR Media, 30 May 2026
Jem Aswad, Variety, 8 May 2026
Adding a player like Cobie Durant in free agency was really underrated, in my opinion.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
Theodore’s growth as a premier defensive player this season, as a result of his skating and puck-moving, remains underrated.
—Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 31 May 2026
Places like Penang, Malaysia, a small island with one of Southeast Asia’s most fascinating and underrated food and cultural scenes.
—AFAR Media, 30 May 2026
Verb
As a Swedish pop auteur who rose to prominence in the late ‘00s, Lykke Li is probably sick to death of Robyn comparisons — but the only one worth making is to point out that by comparison, Li’s work has been dramatically underrated.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 8 May 2026
Adding a player like Cobie Durant in free agency was really underrated, in my opinion.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underrated
Adjective
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Ann Larson worked at a grocery store during the pandemic, and her experience served as the jumping-off point for this look at labor in the stores—underpaid, underappreciated, and indispensable.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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One of the underappreciated costs of the current environment is that C-suites are already at capacity.—
Adrienne Down Coulson,
Fortune,
2 June 2026
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What Keynes underestimated, and what many of today’s AI evangelists tend not to confront, is that progress unfolds inside social systems structured by power.—
Christopher Marquis,
Time,
30 May 2026
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For Kinexx Chairman Adrian Muhammad, the economic viability of these lots is vastly underestimated by outside institutions.—
Stephanie Tharpe,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2026
Adjective
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The team president made one of the great acquisitions in New York sports history by signing Jalen Brunson as an undervalued free agent.—
Ian O'Connor,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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Why professional car service is better The most undervalued part of car maintenance is education, according to auto repair experts at Take 5 Oil Change.—
Charlotte Maracina,
USA Today,
20 May 2026
Adjective
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Jason Weber, the shop’s creative supervisor, said the tours, which cost $150 a person, are an opportunity to celebrate the unsung craftspeople that bring these famous characters to life.—
Philip Marcelo,
Fortune,
25 May 2026
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Pérez was the unsung hero once again this week for the Braves.—
Chad Bishop,
AJC.com,
23 May 2026
Adjective
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Although attempts were made to wake her up through verbal and sternal stimuli, her difficulty breathing went unrecognized for 15 minutes.—
Michelle Lee,
PEOPLE,
20 Apr. 2026
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Users should also check event logs for any unrecognized changes to DNS server settings.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
8 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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If a line item that small can briefly imperil the clearest climate record on Earth, how many comparable line items sit on comparable fault lines right now, unnoticed until the next budget cycle finds them?—
Ingmar Rentzhog,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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Players need to observe their surroundings, picking up on behavioral patterns and the contextual opportunities around them to sneak around unnoticed and set up a Rube Goldberg-style series of events that ultimately end in death.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
28 May 2026
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And Solomon didn’t go unrewarded – the film won the Stolman Audience Award for Best Film at the 29th edition of SIFF.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
30 Mar. 2026
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This invisible effort, frequently performed by women or underrepresented groups, prevents conflict but goes unacknowledged and unrewarded, leading to burnout.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes.com,
20 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Her longtime housemaid–uncredited third parent, Thelma, brings her a nice cup of coffee.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
24 May 2026
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This time round, Starr’s mortified co-stars included Yul Brynner, who made an uncredited appearance as a transvestite cabaret singer.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
16 May 2026
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“Underrated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underrated. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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