underappreciated
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of underappreciated
First recorded in 1895–1900; under- ( def. ) + appreciated ( def. )
Example Sentences
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The discovery added a previously underappreciated process to scientists' understanding of chemistry in the troposphere, the lowest major layer of Earth's atmosphere where most weather occurs.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
The OpenAI agents are built for different purposes, but an underappreciated factor in their going hacker mode is that the company’s own staffers were negligent and careless in monitoring their own experiments.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
“Tesla Semi represents an underappreciated driver of earnings growth through 2040,” he wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
Backed by Arthur Freed, the legendary producer of MGM musicals, “Invitation” remains an audacious extravaganza and an underappreciated achievement in cine-dance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
This is potentially a big and underappreciated advantage of centralized societies over noncentralized ones.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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