underappreciated
adjective
un·der·ap·pre·ci·at·ed
ˌən-dər-ə-ˈprē-shē-ˌā-təd 
: not duly appreciated
Examples of underappreciated in a Sentence
Her work is underappreciated by the critics.
Recent Examples on the Web
These workers spend most of their time at sea, away from home, and face precarious situations, performing invisible and underappreciated labor; given the current transoceanic cable boom, the demand for their skills will only continue to grow.
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Longreads, 19 Apr. 2024
One of Arizona’s strangest, most magnificent and underappreciated places will soon celebrate a milestone.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2024
Can Jose Ramirez, Major League Baseball’s most underappreciated star, have another Jose Ramirez-type season?
Do not bet against it.
—Jim Ingraham, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
But the star is Bening, who has the overworked, overwrought and underappreciated Joy down pat from her first appearance.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2024
Yet Hollywood has a long history of celebrating new or underappreciated faces in the Best Supporting Actress category—only for their career to either stall or fail to reach similar heights afterward.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2024
Learning how to gather yourself and keep moving forward is a very underappreciated skill.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 29 Feb. 2024
No one would say that Betts is underappreciated, exactly.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2024
The two disasters highlight what some experts call an underappreciated hazard of climate change.
—Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2024
Longreads, 19 Apr. 2024
One of Arizona’s strangest, most magnificent and underappreciated places will soon celebrate a milestone.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2024
Can Jose Ramirez, Major League Baseball’s most underappreciated star, have another Jose Ramirez-type season?
Do not bet against it.
—Jim Ingraham, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
But the star is Bening, who has the overworked, overwrought and underappreciated Joy down pat from her first appearance.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2024
Yet Hollywood has a long history of celebrating new or underappreciated faces in the Best Supporting Actress category—only for their career to either stall or fail to reach similar heights afterward.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2024
Learning how to gather yourself and keep moving forward is a very underappreciated skill.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 29 Feb. 2024
No one would say that Betts is underappreciated, exactly.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2024
The two disasters highlight what some experts call an underappreciated hazard of climate change.
—Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2024
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“Underappreciated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/underappreciated. Accessed 2 May. 2024.
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