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underrate

[uhn-der-rayt] / 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

Colin Farrell is wonderful in “Banshees,” but voters may underrate him when he’s playing a character who looks and talks like, well, Colin Farrell.

From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2023

“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

So you can’t underrate how massive this win was.

From Fox News ● Oct. 10, 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

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

But it never underrates the obligation to try.

From New York Times ● Dec. 26, 2018

This estimate holds him too lightly and underrates the peril to which the United States was then exposed.

From Washington and his colleagues; a chronicle of the rise and fall of federalism by Henry Jones Ford

With that in mind, Grimes was asked if the Lakers are being viewed as an underrated defensive team on the perimeter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

“Lioness” and “MobLand” are violent fun, “Colin From Accounts” is terrific, ”Diarra From Detroit” is an underrated gem and the sports lineup is solid.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

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

But if the quiet parts are filler, maybe filler’s underrated.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

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

Or am I overrating my own importance as a parent and underrating the resilience kids can have?

From Slate ● Feb. 9, 2020

The debasement and underrating of the silver coinage insensibly brought about the demonetization of silver in England as a standard of value and the substitution of gold.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various


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