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disvalued

disvalued

1 8.0
People treat a person or their work as not important
  • adjective
  • /dɪsˈvæljuːd/
: desvalorizado
  • The contributions of the volunteers were disvalued, leading to low morale among the team.

Examples

  • Many ancient artifacts are often disvalued by modern society despite their historical significance.

  • In her opinion, the disvalued items at the sale represented more than just financial worth.

  • And then we have the common people who have been disvalued by this, this master morality.

Synonyms

no-good
vsdisvalued
  • Informal
548 5.6

Bad or worthless and often causing trouble

highlights social lack of appreciation rather than blunt uselessness
worthless
vsdisvalued
273 3.0

Has no value or use

is framed as being not appreciated or valued rather than only useless
low-grade
vsdisvalued
24 4.4

Not very good and worth less than similar things

is about being regarded as unappreciated rather than merely poor quality
good-for-nothing
vsdisvalued
  • Offensive
19 6.8

Not useful or worth much

tells that they are regarded as unappreciated or of low value socially
degraded
vsdisvalued
11 5.1

Lower in quality or value than before

emphasizes being regarded as undervalued rather than changed in status
devalued
vsdisvalued
6 4.2

Having less worth than before, for example money, things, or a person's work

is about being seen as lacking value or appreciation rather than a past reduction
debased
vsdisvalued
5 7.0

Made worse in quality, value, or moral standards

focuses on social judgement of low worth rather than moral degradation
valueless
vsdisvalued
4 3.6

Not worth anything or useful

is about being judged as unvalued or unimportant rather than only useless
no-count
vsdisvalued
  • Offensive
3 8.9

A person or thing that others see as worthless

is about being regarded as unappreciated rather than merely insulting a person
worth a dime
vsdisvalued
  • Informal
2 7.0

Having little or no value

emphasizes being seen as unimportant or not appreciated rather than slight worth
unvalued
vsdisvalued
1 7.0

Not seen as valuable or appreciated

is regarded as having little or no worth rather than merely unrecognized
not worth a dime
vsdisvalued
  • Informal
1 6.2

Of no value or use

is used to stress being unappreciated rather than only being useless
good-for-naught
vsdisvalued
  • Offensive
1 9.9

Not useful and having little value

frames the idea as lack of appreciation rather than fixed uselessness
not worth salt
vsdisvalued
  • Informal
1 9.9

Having little or no value

focuses more on being overlooked or not appreciated than absolute worthlessness

Antonyms

valued
44 3.7

A person or thing that people see as important because of good qualities

prized
42 3.4

Very valuable to someone because they care about it

How Valued

cherished
39 3.4
valued
44 3.7
undervalued
13 4.1
disvalued
1 8.0
worthless
273 3.0

Surface Forms

disvalued positive

Morphology

disvalued = disvalue (transparent) = dis + value + ed

This is a regular participial adjective built from the verb 'disvalue' with a directly predictable meaning.

Etymology

Disvalued begins with dis- meaning 'not' and uses value meaning 'worth', like in valuable. So, to be disvalued is to be treated as 'not worth much' or not appreciated.