misprize
Example Sentences
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They misrepresent the U. S. at Oxford and misprize it at home.
From Time Magazine Archive
It has become something of the mode to misprize Galsworthy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Such honor, it seems probable, will soon be the reward of civic virtue in women as well as men, and we hope women will not misprize it.
From Imaginary Interviews by Howells, William Dean
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
