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
Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2025
Auburn, of the big, bad SEC, rolls into a difficult environment at Baylor – with the entire college football world watching the primetime game – and blows a tire against a wildly underrated Big 12 team.
—Matt Hayes, The Tennessean, 30 Aug. 2025
On the sunnier side, there’s still time to visit America’s best underrated islands.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
The Sun Devils lost star running back Cam Skattebo, but return quarterback Sam Leavitt, star receiver Jordyn Tyson and 10 starters on an underrated defense.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2025
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Verb
Fisk calls it an underrated masterpiece.
—Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2025
Auburn, of the big, bad SEC, rolls into a difficult environment at Baylor – with the entire college football world watching the primetime game – and blows a tire against a wildly underrated Big 12 team.
—Matt Hayes, The Tennessean, 30 Aug. 2025
On the sunnier side, there’s still time to visit America’s best underrated islands.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
The Sun Devils lost star running back Cam Skattebo, but return quarterback Sam Leavitt, star receiver Jordyn Tyson and 10 starters on an underrated defense.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underrated
Verb
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Lead author and pharmacist professor Luke Grzeskowiak of Australia's Flinders University, said the findings underscore how often hyperemesis gravidarum is underestimated or dismissed.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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This angle should never be underestimated.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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When only about a third of school districts comply with the law and report their data, the problem of violence against teachers is undercounted and therefore underappreciated.—
IndyStar,
IndyStar,
3 Sep. 2025
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Further research by Gallup says workers who feel underappreciated are nearly twice as likely to leave within a year.—
Kiran Mann,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Summary Merck presents a compelling mix of technical strength, undervalued fundamentals, and robust growth prospects.—
Tony Zhang,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
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This lack of simple human interaction can often lead to a negative candidate experience that deters top talent who feel undervalued and uninspired by the process.—
Jason Elkin,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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As far as neutral walls go, white is an unsung hero.—
Tessa Cooper,
Southern Living,
3 Sep. 2025
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Now, as an educator, Furlong often thinks of his unsung hero's act of compassion.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Fortunately, the New York Fed president was Benjamin Strong, an unrecognized great American.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
31 Aug. 2025
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Ukraine could, for example, withdraw its troops from particular areas without making any formal territorial concessions, creating an unrecognized but indefinite line of separation, like the one that followed the Korean armistice, in 1953, or the division of Berlin, during the Cold War.—
Joshua Yaffa,
New Yorker,
22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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This makes recognition easier for them while ensuring your contributions don't go unnoticed.—
Caroline Castrillon,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Among them, unfortunately, are a number of questionable and distracting Mancunian accents from a cast which is, er, mostly not from Manchester—intonations that will likely go unnoticed by American ears, but may be unbearable to some British ones.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
1 Sep. 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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The closest Jackson ever got was an uncredited voice appearance on The Simpsons.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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All were eclipsed, however, by an uncredited, inexplicable, and moodily dialogue-free, walk-on by Johnson’s then-girlfriend Barbra Streisand outside the Bayside shopping center and marina.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Underrated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underrated. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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