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🙁 To not appreciate 📉 To lose value 💸 To price too low
to undervalue

to undervalue

4 4.9
Become worth less over time
  • verb
  • /ˌʌndərˈvæljuː/
  • Specialized
translation icon : depreciar
  • Since gold became undervalued at the official parity, silver began to drive out gold coins.
  • undervalued currency
  • undervalued exchange rate
  • undervalued exchange

Examples

  • The real problem is that the dollar is undervalued against so many other currencies.

    Blog text (23)

  • The combination of low wages, good technology, and undervalued currency gave Chinese manufacturers a huge cost advantage on U.S. shores.

    Academic text (2010)

  • We also have particular industries where nearly all companies are undervalued due to fear or concerns.

    Blog text (30)

  • First of all, the yuan is not undervalued in world markets.

    Academic text (2005)

  • Trade surplus countries often have undervalued currencies.

  • The ruble has been made fully convertible and may even be undervalued.

    Academic text (2007)

  • After that, the investors became overly cautious about Cisco, keeping the company undervalued for years.

    Blog text (9)

  • To keep Chinese products artificially inexpensive on US store shelves, Beijing undervalues the yuan by 40 percent.

    Blog text (12)

  • However, in the external orientation phase, political favoritism was reversed, and Taiwanese currency was persistently undervalued to favor the exporters.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Many analysts believe that the company's shares are undervalued compared to its earnings potential.

Synonyms

to devalue
vsto undervalue
  • Specialized
15 5.3

To lose value, especially a country's money compared to other money

focuses on gradual time decline rather than exchange rate shifts
to depreciate
vsto undervalue
  • Specialized
9 5.9

To lose value over time, especially money or assets

refers mainly to a gradual decline over time rather than deliberate causing
to devaluate
vsto undervalue
  • Specialized
7.5

To make a country's money worth less compared with other currencies

describes a slow loss over time not usually caused by policy

Antonyms

to appreciate
  • Specialized
36 4.8

To increase in value over time

How Low

to plummet
93 5.8
to undervalue
  • Specialized
4 4.9
to depreciate
  • Specialized
9 5.9

Surface Forms

undervalue infinitive
undervalued past
undervalued past participle
undervaluing present participle
undervalues third person singular

Morphology

undervalue = value (transparent) = under + value

In financial contexts 'undervalue' describes being valued too low or depreciating, which follows directly from 'under-' + 'value'.

Etymology

Undervalue comes from the parts under meaning 'below' and value meaning 'price' or 'worth', so to undervalue an asset or currency is to set or see its price as lower than it should be, which is why we use the word when money or assets fall in value.