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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
Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
The shift is about intentionality and connection — not ticking sights off a bucket list — and underrated walking routes are at the heart of it.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 4 June 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
Slow travel is reshaping how people see Europe, and underrated walking routes are at the heart of that shift — quieter trails through wine country, coastal cliffs and volcanic landscapes that reward travelers willing to swap city-hopping for something deeper.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
The shift is about intentionality and connection — not ticking sights off a bucket list — and underrated walking routes are at the heart of it.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 4 June 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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The sense that Omaha might be underestimated, even by the people who live there, is a source of both pride and torment for Utterback.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
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But the new leadership group underestimated the willingness of longtime staff to welcome the latest in a series of new regimes promising change.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
8 June 2026
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Navigating the fundraising frontline in this climate is a sobering reminder of how undervalued LGBTQ+ history is.—
Diana Rodriguez,
Time,
8 June 2026
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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
Adjective
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The vast majority of EXIT 2B was produced, engineered, and mastered by Novagang founder prblm, an unsung digital craftsman who’s Haitian American and from Miami himself.—
Olivier Lafontant,
Pitchfork,
9 June 2026
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The unsung heroes behind the state’s 28 ski areas are the patrollers.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
Adjective
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When harm remains unrecognized as error, safeguards rarely follow.—
Nisha Narayanan,
STAT,
5 June 2026
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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
Adjective
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When Chris Davis first started working in law enforcement over 30 years ago, elections would come and go relatively unnoticed.—
Ashley Lopez,
NPR,
6 June 2026
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No trim, surface, picture frame, vase, or lamp goes unnoticed in this North Carolina mountain cottage, where a distinct color palette and a strong undercurrent of whimsy tie together each room in Elizabeth and Alex Brooks’ home.—
Ella Field,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 June 2026
Adjective
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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 14 Jun. 2026.
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