misprize
Example Sentences
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It has become something of the mode to misprize Galsworthy.
From Time Magazine Archive
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They misrepresent the U. S. at Oxford and misprize it at home.
From Time Magazine Archive
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People are too apt to misprize this sort of politeness of mere habit; yet, as far as it goes, it is an excellent thing.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. by Various
Yet I would not misprize the cats of Seville, which apparently have their money price.
From Familiar Spanish Travels by Howells, William Dean
But of course she wasn't; youth will ever misprize till it must mourn its blessings.
From Nobody by Jacobs, W. L.