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underrate

[uhn-der-reyt] / ˌʌn dərˈreɪt /




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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

I think we all underrate Chris Carson’s value to the Seahawks offense.

From Seattle Times Dec. 14, 2020

"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

In general, I think this conversation underrates macroeconomic factors that could drive up the unemployment rate.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

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

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

From Salon Aug. 25, 2026

For Italian travel expert and writer Alessia Armenise, supermarkets are an underrated gem.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

It’s an underrated, retro way to discover songs you’ve never heard, songs by artists you love, and songs by artists you forgot you love.

From Slate Jul. 22, 2026

“Being consistently, predictably reliable is one of the most underrated forms of workplace influence,” she says.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

His heroes, notwithstanding the underrated John Field, were Mozart and Bach, composers in whose music dignity was everything.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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

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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