as in to underestimate
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 underrate
And the Hemi was known to be making at least 500 hp, but was underrated to avoid higher insurance rates.
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Karl Brauer, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Driver is underrated here, but that’s because Penelope Cruz drives off with the movie, giving one of the best performances of the last few years.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
Compensatory picks, while typically lower rounds are definitely underrated by the casual fan.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
Gilpin, underrated in many projects, is a knockout, balancing most of the show on her character's twittering and anxious shoulders.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
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Karl Brauer, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Driver is underrated here, but that’s because Penelope Cruz drives off with the movie, giving one of the best performances of the last few years.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
Compensatory picks, while typically lower rounds are definitely underrated by the casual fan.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
Gilpin, underrated in many projects, is a knockout, balancing most of the show on her character's twittering and anxious shoulders.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underrate
underestimate
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They’ve all been discarded and underestimated, and all of them are capable of much more than the dead-end job to which they’ve been assigned.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
29 May 2025
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However, not to be underestimated are Malia Rainey (11.57) and Marley Scoggins (11.60) from Calabasas (11.57) and Carson’s Christina Gray, who ran 12.05 to win the City title.—
Steve Galluzzo,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2025
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“Underrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underrate. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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