UNVALUED Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

unvalued

adjective

Definition of unvalued

as in unrecognized

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Recent Examples of unvalued Our very language perpetuates the idea of bogs as unvalued and unwanted. — Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026 Women are more likely to feel unvalued than are men, and people of color are more likely to feel unvalued than white people. — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 4 June 2026 When opportunities for advancement, skill development, or career progression are limited, employees may feel stuck, unvalued, or underappreciated. — Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025 This will be a core emotion like feeling unworthy, unseen, unlovable, unvalued, inadequate, insignificant, helpless, or rejected. — Finnian Kelly, TIME, 8 July 2024 What a world in which her labour went unvalued, perhaps unnoticed altogether. — Hazlitt, 12 July 2023

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Adjective

By contrast, the same injury in an older adult may be affected by reduced balance, lower bone density, tendon degeneration, arthritis, drug side effects or an unrecognized fracture.

— Michael Swartzon, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026
The continents were later named after another Italian explorer, Amerigo Vespucci, who helped establish that the lands Europeans had encountered were part of a previously unrecognized continent.

— Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of unrecognized

Adjective

Davis, a foster parent, was appointed in 2023 to the bipartisan Illinois Department of Children and Family Services Working Group, and is focused on family welfare issues and ideas to improve DCFS, a worthy and unsung focus.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2026
There was entertainment from both sides in unsung players stepping up.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of unsung

Adjective

Citi initiates Madrigal Pharmaceuticals as buy Citi said the biotech company is compelling and undervalued.

— Michael Bloom, CNBC, 23 Sep. 2026
Doeren has always taken pride in his staff’s ability to find and develop undervalued players during his 13-year tenure.

— Jayson Jenks, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of undervalued

Adjective

One fan takes the opportunity to ask for his thoughts on Memphis hip-hop — underrated in its influence, Diplo says — while another shrewdly hands over a stretchy cord bracelet with a flash drive loaded with music for submission.

— Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026
Mackenzie’s a somewhat underrated figure, a Scottish filmmaker who worked with Ken Loach as an assistant director before embarking on his own career making similar works of social realism for British film and television.

— Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of underrated

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