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underrate

[uhn-der-reyt] / ˌʌn dərˈreɪt /




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“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

Open at nearby Olympic, an alleged nadir people often reference because people underrate the value of parking lots.

From Washington Post Aug. 4, 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

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

“I think that the medical profession grossly underrates human abilities,” said Eric Topol, a cardiologist and professor at Scripps Research Institute.

From New York Times Jul. 29, 2016

But it will sadly defeat its own purpose if it underrates the necessity of habit building as the basic activity of early education.

From Craftsmanship in Teaching by Bagley, William Chandler

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

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

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

The fishing: The upper Potomac River near Leesburg is one of the more underrated fisheries on the East Coast, known for its smallmouth bass.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

MarketWatch Picks: The 2 most underrated retirement moves, according to Edelman’s chief financial planner.

From MarketWatch Jun. 25, 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

I cannot, however, avoid thinking that he goes too far in underrating the power of Instinct.

From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I by Darwin, Charles




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