as in underestimated
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
Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Either way, barring some kind of disastrous injury at some point this season, the Commanders' star will be set to join this exclusive club at some point this year, cementing his status as one of the more underrated players of his generation in the process.
—Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Anuradha Gupta, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Redford was underrated in his ability to avoid melodrama, always seeking truth in his characters instead of just manipulating the sympathies of his audience.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2025
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Verb
At its core, astrology is a map for self-awareness and one of the most underrated tools in this map is the 12 astrological houses.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Either way, barring some kind of disastrous injury at some point this season, the Commanders' star will be set to join this exclusive club at some point this year, cementing his status as one of the more underrated players of his generation in the process.
—Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
Planning for stability is critical, yet often underrated by early-stage founders who may not know how to forecast costs, time cash flows or structure compensation sensibly.
—Anuradha Gupta, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Redford was underrated in his ability to avoid melodrama, always seeking truth in his characters instead of just manipulating the sympathies of his audience.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underrated
Verb
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But Republicans believe Earle-Sears’ support could be underestimated in polling.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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The Street Legal tour is much underestimated.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But Sanford has a way of elevating the underappreciated.—
Rachel Bernhard,
jsonline.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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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
Adjective
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By global standards, South Korea’s semiconductor leaders are still undervalued.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
30 Oct. 2025
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With limited entry-level opportunities, the young employees are feeling shut out and undervalued.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Service dogs are often unsung heroes.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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Yet to call McGuane an unsung writer is not quite accurate, of course.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Look for unusual activity such as unrecognized logins, changes to passwords or new connected devices.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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In many cases, fans were able to see that the tickets were surreptitiously forwarded to unrecognized accounts, presumably so they could be sold on third-party sites.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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This evidence would not go unnoticed by the courts.—
Andrew Quinio,
Oc Register,
29 Oct. 2025
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Liverpool’s defence was so shaky that even the misfiring attack went unnoticed.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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For those keeping count, that is more than £4m in unrewarded legal costs for cases the Premier League actually won.—
Matt Slater,
New York Times,
2 Aug. 2025
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But her desperate efforts to feed her children often go unrewarded.—
Sarah El Sirgany,
CNN Money,
30 July 2025
Adjective
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Typical of that time period, many of the Black cooks who regularly made the food featured in Charleston Receipts went uncredited in lieu of the white people who employed them.—
Adrian Miller,
Southern Living,
28 Oct. 2025
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Curtis also has an uncredited voice role as a curfew announcer, per Yahoo UK.—
Jessica Sager,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Underrated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underrated. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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