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underrate
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. make too low an estimate of; "he underestimated the work that went into the renovation"; "Don't underestimate the danger of such a raft trip on this river" [syn: underestimate ] [ant: overestimate ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also under-rate , 1640s, "to esteem at too little worth," from under + rate (v.). Related: Underrated ; underrating .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Underrate \Un`der*rate"\, v. t. To rate too low; to rate below the value; to undervalue. --Burke.
Usage examples of underrate.
But he seems to me to have erred in underrating the value of party instrumentalities and of official power in accomplishing what is best for the good of the people.
I think he underrates the part my energy and practical capacity played in bringing about the realisation of his theoretical sphere.
The importance of the fact that hybrids are very generally sterile, has, I think, been much underrated by some late writers.
Leaving aside the preconceived ideas of most historians and their pronounced predilection for the dramatic aspects of history, we see that the very documents they habitually peruse are such as to exaggerate the part of human life given to struggles and to underrate its peaceful moods.
Mary Macgregor, thinking her to be gullible and bribable, and underrating her stupidity.
She had listened with calm contempt while these women had underrated the Confederate Army, blackguarded Jeff Davis and accused Southerners of murder and torture of their slaves.
Cyr's officer corps, all of whom were in similarly underrated command positions, was that in other armies he would be a brigadier general and wear the insignia of that rank.
However, like the rest of the world, I still go on underrating men of gold and glorifying men of mica.
He underrated his talents (a very good failing), and all the time thought that others were overrating them.
Meanwhile the growing suspicion that we may all have underrated the strength of capitalism and that the Right may, after all, be able to win the war off its own bat without resorting to any radical change, is very depressing to anyone who thinks.
It’s one of the great underrated Sinatra albums, the last thing Frank recorded for Capitol in September 1961.
Theale had not previously held him in much esteem, but he was obliged to own now that he had underrated the fellow: such audacity commanded his instant respect.
Sonny and Tom were off-center on this guy Sollozzo, they were still underrating him, even though Sonny was smart enough to see the danger.
What was beautiful was that the Turk was underrating him as a punk kid.