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underrate

[uhn-der-reyt] / ˌʌn dərˈreɪt /




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“I think a lot of people underrate my speed, my explosiveness,’’ he said.

From Seattle Times Mar. 1, 2024

“It made me realize that we often ignore and underrate highly populated places for ichthyological exploratory studies. We now understand not to leave any stones unturned.”

From Scientific American Mar. 25, 2022

Don’t underrate national college football writer media jealousy of me when it comes to their reaction to the Tennessee fan base.

From Fox News Oct. 17, 2021

When it comes to Lloyd Webber’s musical audacity, it can sometimes feel as if it’s not just rock snobs that underrate “Superstar,” but also self-professed musical theater lovers.

From New York Times Oct. 12, 2021

"What are you doing? If he's going to help you, he has to know what you're capable of. Don't underrate yourself," says Peeta.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

But for everyday driving, Mr. Miller underrates the rate of improvement in AI, and the extent to which the problems he identifies are amenable to machine learning.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 7, 2025

Whenever anybody asks me about Balanchine, I think of what Jack Nicholson said about Stanley Kubrick: “Everyone pretty much acknowledges him as The Man, and I still think that underrates him.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 3, 2024

The description perhaps underrates her novel, but is a fitting epigraph for this play and its decorously debauched protagonist.

From New York Times Jun. 6, 2023

Peterson finished with 16 yards on 11 carries, a line that obviously doesn’t stand out, but that somewhat underrates his contribution.

From Seattle Times Dec. 5, 2021

It is not a profound constitutional view of the uses of an opposition; but there is a hint in it for Mr. Gladstone, who underrates his own power over men in private.

From Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron Acton

This is a severely underrated album because the songs that aren’t mentioned are just as good.

From Salon Aug. 25, 2026

Even better is Mr. Banderas in a quietly riveting performance, a career highlight for one of our most underrated actors.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Despite this, over the past decade, he has quietly become one of the conservative legal movement’s most influential operators, making Paoletta an underrated political power in his own right.

From Slate Aug. 4, 2026

His passing skills are also somewhat underrated because he is the embodiment of a dribble-first winger.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

It was clear that Holly had not underrated their danger near Efrafa.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

I’m not saying criminally underrating someone like Yamamoto should be prosecutable, I’m just wondering why anyone would?

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 15, 2026

“I think the industry is underrating and underinvesting given the scale,” Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman told me the other day during our appearance at a Paley Center for Media event in Menlo Park, Calif.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 2, 2025

It is possible that we are now underrating the Sooners, who have won four games by one score?

From Seattle Times Oct. 6, 2021

People were underrating the amazing power of umbrage.

From Slate Mar. 28, 2013

It is not by underrating others, but by duly estimating and appreciating their achievements, that we shall find ourselves challenged to bring forth what is best in ourselves.

From The Moral Instruction of Children by Felix Adler




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