underrate

  • 11underrate — transitive verb Date: 1632 to rate too low ; undervalue …

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  • 12underrate — /un deuhr rayt /, v.t., underrated, underrating. to rate or evaluate too low; underestimate. [1615 25; UNDER + RATE1] * * * …

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  • 13underrate — verb to underestimate; to make too low a rate or estimate …

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  • 14underrate — Synonyms and related words: belittle, decry, deprecate, depreciate, devaluate, devalue, disparage, lower, make light of, make little of, make nothing of, mark down, minimize, misestimate, misprize, sell short, set at naught, set little by, shrug… …

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  • 15underrate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. undervalue (see underestimation); disparage, belittle. See detraction. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. undervalue, discount, disparage; see underestimate …

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  • 16underrate — v. underestimate, undervalue, belittle …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 17underrate — verb [often as adjective underrated] underestimate the extent, value, or importance of …

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  • 18underrate — v. a. Undervalue, misprize, underestimate, rate below the true value, rate too low, underprize …

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  • 19underrate — verb (T) to think that someone or something is less good, effective, skilful etc than they really are: a much underrated novel …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 20underrate — verb for years the girls athletic program was underrated Syn: undervalue, underestimate, do an injustice to, sell short, play down, understate, minimize, diminish, downgrade, trivialize Ant: exaggerate …

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