to underappreciate

Examples

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• Underappreciated and under attack, caterpillars also have to contend with freeloaders.

  Academic text (2001)

• Underappreciated in academic analyses, though sometimes generating a buzz in the popular media, is the role of the religious in these doings.

  Academic text (2007)

• Hey, don't underappreciate my efforts, okay?

  Less Than Zero (1987)

• I'll just come right out and say it: I think we underappreciate and undervalue the people around us.

  Blog text (17)

• - Underappreciated.

  Inside Out 2 (2024)

• And mental health, a key part of overall Wellness, tends to go underappreciated or even unappreciated in some contexts.

  Harvard University

• Although advertisements for shoes, alcohol, and upcoming season premieres surround us, we often underappreciate the effect that marketing strategies have on less flagrantly commercial products and services.

  Academic text (2014)

• The editors of DomainGang wrote a piece today describing how their work seems to be underappreciated by Francois when it comes to the daily links provided in his daily newsletter.

  Blog text (30)

• While these scholars are right to locate in the Essays a revolutionary discussion of the subjective self, they underappreciate the balance between the subjective and the universal in Montaigne's conception.

  Academic text (1999)

• Many people underappreciate the hard work that goes into volunteer efforts.

Synonyms

U

to undervalue

vsto underappreciate

8 4.8

Think something or someone is less important than they really are

emphasizes lack of gratitude or recognition rather than just lower estimated worth

D

to depreciate

vsto underappreciate

1 6.5

Make a person or thing seem less important and less valuable

describes underrecognition rather than actively belittling or causing low value

M

to misprise

vsto underappreciate

• Archaic

1 9.9

To think someone or something is not important

has identical meaning but uses a different word form

Antonyms

A

to appreciate

∞ 3.2

To feel grateful for someone or something

How Appreciated

to cherish

204 3.0

to appreciate

∞ 3.2

to underappreciate

1 5.2

to ignore

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology