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it's perhaps the most underrated film of the last decade
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Recent Examples of underrated
Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 27 Feb. 2025
The acquisition of Trevino might be one of the team’s most underrated moves of the offseason.
—C. Trent Rosecrans, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
Without a doubt, one of the most underrated kitchen tools is the cooling rack.
—Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
After introducing viewers to the streets of Baltimore and the likes of Stringer Bell (Idris Elba) and Avon Barksdale (Wood Harris), the underrated second season shifted to the docks and a new set of faces.
—EW.com, 19 Feb. 2025
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Locations: Street Fair portable Section 34 Reitsma picked this vegetarian option for most underrated offering this season.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 27 Feb. 2025
The acquisition of Trevino might be one of the team’s most underrated moves of the offseason.
—C. Trent Rosecrans, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
Without a doubt, one of the most underrated kitchen tools is the cooling rack.
—Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
After introducing viewers to the streets of Baltimore and the likes of Stringer Bell (Idris Elba) and Avon Barksdale (Wood Harris), the underrated second season shifted to the docks and a new set of faces.
—EW.com, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for underrated
Adjective
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Social media alerted them, when a fan of Bieber’s, one of the underappreciated fashion lovers of Instagram, tagged the brand’s page in a photo of Hailey wearing their design.—
Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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Photo : Audi Overlooked in its time and underappreciated even now, the Audi V-8 was the brainchild of legendary overengineer Ferdinand Piëch, who spearheaded the original Audi Quattro.—
Raphael Orlove,
Robb Report,
27 Feb. 2025
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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
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Perhaps, the unsung hero for the Hawkeyes on Thursday night was freshman Ava Heiden who contributed 11 points and four rebounds off the bench when senior forward Hannah Stuelke was in foul trouble.—
Allison Smith,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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These unsung heroes are essential to an artist’s team and its foundation.—
Ingrid Fajardo,
Billboard,
5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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But for every masker getting their flowers, dozens more remain in the shadows, their artistry largely unrecognized beyond their community.—
Harriet Shepherd,
Vogue,
5 Mar. 2025
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So, per my annual custom, here are my musings on some of the standout acting nominees, as well as a few of the best performances of the year that went unrecognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.—
Peter Rainer,
The Christian Science Monitor,
27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The price jump has not gone unnoticed at the White House, where President Trump mentioned the increase during his first cabinet meeting.—
Lincoln Anderson,
New York Daily News,
2 Mar. 2025
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The deletion of the COO’s emails went unnoticed for months, making recovery impossible without independent backups.—
Nick Martin,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 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
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Hackman had already appeared in an uncredited role in 1961’s Mad Dog Coll and on several TV shows when his mother died in 1962, years before his breakthrough role in Bonnie and Clyde.—
John Russell,
People.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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Hackman landed his first stage role in 1958 in an off-Broadway production of Chaparral, then appeared on TV in The United States Steel Hour, The Defenders and Naked City and in an uncredited role in the 1961 film Mad Dog Coll.—
Duane Byrge,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Underrated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underrated. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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