as in underappreciated
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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
Hank Shteamer, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2025
Walker was looked at as one of the most underrated free agents on the market, and Houston landed him on a three-year contract worth $60 million.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
Lipstick nails are far from new, but TikTok’s recent obsession is just reminding us how underrated an interesting nail shape is.
—Kleigh Balugo, StyleCaster, 7 Mar. 2025
Abela, so impressive last year as Amy Winehouse in the underrated Back to Black, gets to shine here as the reluctant Clarissa.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
The first half of Rush 50 contains most of the band’s most-familiar songs, leaving room for a generous survey of the underrated chapters that followed the stateside commercial peak of 1981’s Moving Pictures.
—Hank Shteamer, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2025
Walker was looked at as one of the most underrated free agents on the market, and Houston landed him on a three-year contract worth $60 million.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
Lipstick nails are far from new, but TikTok’s recent obsession is just reminding us how underrated an interesting nail shape is.
—Kleigh Balugo, StyleCaster, 7 Mar. 2025
Abela, so impressive last year as Amy Winehouse in the underrated Back to Black, gets to shine here as the reluctant Clarissa.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underrated
Adjective
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Howie Rose — of Brooklyn, the Bronx and, as of 1962 (the year the Mets were born), Queens, that underappreciated mecca of immigrant New York.—
Joshua Dubler,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2025
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The bank said Cloudflare’s fundamentals are improving and the stock is an underappreciated play on artificial intelligence.—
Hakyung Kim,
CNBC,
25 Mar. 2025
Verb
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For too long society has underestimated the connection between women and wealth.—
Melissa Houston,
Forbes,
26 Dec. 2024
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As the world faces increasingly extreme weather, research is finding that heat waves are being underestimated in some parts of the world.—
Lauren Sommer,
NPR,
24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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These unsung heroes are essential to an artist’s team and its foundation.—
Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
10 Apr. 2025
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The unsung hero that has Houston one win from its first national title.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The provision for income taxes was $2.7 million, with the effective tax rate impacted by statutory rates, valuation allowances, and changes in unrecognized tax benefits.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
14 Mar. 2025
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There’s often a substantial, unrecognized cost involved in generating a mass amount of AI content; processing, storage and review fees often overlooked by brand managers.—
Kolawole Samuel Adebayo,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Traditional brainstorming methods often lead to linear thinking, while visual techniques—like mind mapping, journey mapping and sketching—help uncover insights that might otherwise go unnoticed.—
Nora Herting,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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And still the new bats might have gone unnoticed by many had Kay, the Yankees’ announcer, not pointed out the bulbous bat of Jazz Chisholm shortly before Chisholm hit a single during the rout of the Brewers a week ago.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The remake’s emphasis on believability comes with a host of simplistic morals, such as how hard work begets dignity, righteous people will experience setbacks but never go unrewarded, and true love wins in the end.—
Elle Carroll,
Vulture,
24 Dec. 2024
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Schauffele, the No. 2 player in the world, has spent the better part of six years as golf’s great, but largely unrewarded, model of consistency.—
Brody Miller,
The Athletic,
21 July 2024
Adjective
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John Ford directed it until illness and conflict drove him away, leading to Mervyn LeRoy and an uncredited Josh Logan taking over.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2025
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John David got his start in small uncredited roles in some of Denzel's most beloved films like Malcolm X (1992) and Devil in a Blue Dress (1995), while Malcolm got his start working as a production assistant for Jon Favreau's Chef (2014) and Lee's She's Gotta Have It.—
James Mercadante,
EW.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Underrated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underrated. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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