Synonyms for underrate

Grammar : Verb

Spell : uhn-der-reyt

Phonetic Transcription : ˌʌn dərˈreɪt

Définition of underrate

Origin : also under-rate, 1640s, "to esteem at too little worth," from under + rate (v.). Related: Underrated; underrating.

verb underestimate
verb devalue

Example sentences :

He does not underrate the talents of milord Wellington as a commander.
Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini

He would not have them underrate the importance of the Baptist's service.
Extract from : « Jesus the Christ » by James Edward Talmage

Let us not underrate the value of a fact; it will one day flower in a truth.
Extract from : « My Studio Neighbors » by William Hamilton Gibson

Slaveholders ever underrate the intelligence with which they have to grapple.
Extract from : « My Bondage and My Freedom » by Frederick Douglass

Far be it from me to underrate the sufferings of the Irish people.
Extract from : « My Bondage and My Freedom » by Frederick Douglass

There was a disposition to underrate dangers that were not on the surface.
Extract from : « Lectures on the French Revolution » by John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

Not that I wish to underrate the importance of clever and solid reviews.
Extract from : « More Letters of Charles Darwin » by Charles Darwin

Raleigh, who did nothing by halves, was not accustomed to underrate his own misfortunes.
Extract from : « Raleigh » by Edmund Gosse

In work of this kind a teacher should not underrate the value of reviews.
Extract from : « Orthography » by Elmer W. Cavins

You underrate Gurth, my brother, when you speak of him but as the vice earl of Harold.
Extract from : « Harold, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Antonyms for underrate

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