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- Dictionaryunderrate/ˌʌndəˈreɪt/
verb
- 1. underestimate the extent, value, or importance of (someone or something): "they vastly underrate their own players"
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UNDERRATE definition: 1. to fail to understand how skilful, important, etc. someone or something is: 2. to fail to…. Learn more.
: to rate or value (something or someone) too low : undervalue. His off-the-cuff improvisations, his airy tendency to throw out half-baked ideas, caused others to underrate his continuity of purpose … Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
If you underrate someone or something, you do not recognize how clever, important, or significant they are.
To underrate something is to underestimate its value. If critics underrate a great movie, they don't give it enough credit for its brilliant acting and well-written script. If most people underrate the Polish restaurant in your neighborhood, they'll be pleasantly surprised once they give it a try.
underrate somebody/something to not recognize how good, important, etc. somebody/something really is. He's seriously underrated as a writer. an underrated movie; Don’t underrate yourself. compare overrate, underestimate
UNDERRATE meaning: 1. to fail to understand how skilful, important, etc. someone or something is: 2. to fail to…. Learn more.
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